Polly Toynbee Quotes
So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late: finding a family and a job or just growing older make most prisoners eventually give up crime.
Quotes to Explore
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
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I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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It doesn't have to be a mountain you have to be climbing. I hope to change people's opinion about Saudi in general and Saudi women and Saudi women's opinion about themselves. I really hope they can step out of their comfort zone and just dream: try to push your limits.
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Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
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I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the movie and more whether I think it's a good film, whether I like the character and whether I think I could do it. I don't think, 'Oh, I've done X amount of dark films.'
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Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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I'm not a social singer. But if one can take a social message via the romantic, that's a strong statement.
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If we were second class citizens we'd be driving old Cadillacs and living good. If we were first class we'd be driving a Rolls Royce.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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We believe - we believe that, if we tell the people the truth, that they will act bigger than the pettiness we see in Washington, D.C. We believe it is possible to forge bipartisan compromise, and stand up for our conservative principles.
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There are three times in a man's life when he has the right to yell at the moon-when he marries; when his children come; and when he finishes a job he had to be crazy to start.
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So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late: finding a family and a job or just growing older make most prisoners eventually give up crime.
