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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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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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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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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It is sometimes hard even for biologists to remember that sex is merely a genetic joint venture.
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I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs.
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Sometimes societies become too stupid to survive. A nation that takes Barack Obama's current rhetorical flourishes seriously is certainly well advanced along that dismal path.
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I put the weight on after we were together. I put on about 20 pounds when we got married, and people were flipping their lids. And then I put on more after that, and I've gone up and down since then.
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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.
