Jo Cox Quotes
I never really grew up being political or Labour. It was just a realisation that where you were born mattered. That how you spoke mattered... who you knew mattered.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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I've got Asperger's syndrome and I'm not a very good people person, so I've always been more comfortable around machinery. Not in a weird way - I don't want to marry my car or anything stupid like that!
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Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
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Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve.
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I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
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If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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Even when I was a kid, I had this insane head of flaming hair. It looked like a wig.
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Andy Grammer is probably the closest friend I have in the music industry, so touring with him was just incredible. He's such a soulful, kind guy, and he gives great advice. And he also scares me a lot. He does a lot of pranks.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.
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My people are still poor. They're still working class. All of the characters that I write about are inspired by the community that I'm from.
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I never really grew up being political or Labour. It was just a realisation that where you were born mattered. That how you spoke mattered... who you knew mattered.
