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.
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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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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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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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As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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You can be vegetarian and eat fish. It's your choice, just say: 'I am what I am.' There are no hardcore divisions anymore.
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The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.
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If you really stop to think about it, the last really big guitar hero was Eddie Van Halen, and that was back in the '80s - early '80s, you know what I mean? That's a long time ago.
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Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.
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Every good laboratory consists of first rate men working in great harmony to insure the progress of science; but down at the end of the hall is an unsociable, wrong-headed fellow working on unprofitable lines, and in his hands lies the hope of discovery.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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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.
