A. J. P. Taylor Quotes
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
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My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.
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I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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I love improvising.
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I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
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When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement.
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I was never a monist - always a diversitarian.
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Most Americans know nothing about the African forest, and it seems to them a very scary, spooky dangerous place. I've spent a lot of time in the forests of central Africa. I know they're beautiful places that contain a lot of different kinds of creatures, including some that carry Ebola.
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In 2009, at the Vancouver Peace Summit, I met a supporter of Free the Slaves, an NGO dedicated to eradicating modern-day slavery; weeks later, I flew down to Los Angeles and met with the director of Free the Slaves; thus began my journey into exploring modern-day slavery.
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Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to control my image.
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
