Polly Toynbee Quotes
There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious.
Quotes to Explore
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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I still have a young attitude.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
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I know she would want me to still do what I'm doing, because she kept me going a lot of times when I'd almost lose interest in getting out on the road.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment.
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As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.
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I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children.
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Here's the thing about me: I have a job to do and I do it.
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And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
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I always have to be thinking about who's going to be singing this song, what the context is. I don't sit around just writing in a vacuum, ever.
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There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious.
