John Bruton Quotes
The EU and the U.S. often work together to develop international standards. This is the case in fighting terrorism and transnational crime, advancing trade liberalization, and combating piracy and intellectual property violations.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
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I just want to do my job.
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My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
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I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
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Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.
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The emotions of the game do not change.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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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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Willy Wonka had his chocolate factory; I have my Fear & Fancy Parlor.
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The Cold War has been over for a long time. I'm not interested in having battles that, frankly, started before I was born.
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On the journey towards the beloved, you live by dying at every step
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I grew up in the Justice Department. I served 12 years as a line lawyer in the public integrity section. This department under me will not have any kind of political interference. I will not allow political interference in the Justice Department. Those who might attempt to do that will be rebuffed.
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I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.
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The EU and the U.S. often work together to develop international standards. This is the case in fighting terrorism and transnational crime, advancing trade liberalization, and combating piracy and intellectual property violations.
