Peter Benenson Quotes
Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.
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I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.
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For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
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What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.
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And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.
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When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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At the age of 16, my father's father dropped dead of a heart attack. And I think it changed the course of his life, and he became fascinated with death. He then became a medical doctor and obviously fought death tooth and nail for his patients.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my - three of my four uncles had prostate cancer.
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The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room. And only one activity: clearing away. His need for fresh air and open space is stronger than any hatred.
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I make personal appearances around the country. I'm starting a book tour now, and I may be coming to Toronto with the Learning Annex, which I'm doing all through the United States, so that may come up just before Christmas.
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You've got to love someone enough to hate them.
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Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.
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Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.
