Polly Toynbee Quotes
But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
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When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.
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What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
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And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist--
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As a kid, I'd get up at 3 in the morning during school vacations to help my father on his bakery-truck route. He didn't get a vacation from that schedule.
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I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs.
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I was doing an investigative article on arms trafficking that was taking me through Eastern Europe and the Middle East. And after I had interviewed a helicopter pilot who had been ferrying weapons into Liberia, I realized as I left the restaurant that I was being followed and set up for an ambush.
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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.
