Geoff Hoon Quotes
I need to maintain a home in Derbyshire and in London to be able both to represent my constituents and to fulfil my responsibilities as an MP and as a minister.
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I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it.
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I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
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If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always going to get a reaction.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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I hate negative ads in general.
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The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.
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We were shooting 'Hot Fuzz' in my hometown of Wells, Somerset, and I remember looking at the dailies and going, 'Wait, there's a Starbucks in the shot. I don't remember that being there!' We had to digitally remove it; the same thing happened with a McDonald's in another scene. I had this sensation of, 'What's going on here? Where am I?'
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I grew up in North Carolina, and I grew up on wrestling.
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I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them.
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I love the smell of skunks. Driving down a back road and you smell a skunk that's sprayed or been hit. I love that. It reminds me of home.
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I want to play real characters rather than young leads in very plotty things. I want variety.
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Capitalism is all about somebody coming and trying to take the castle. Now what you need is .... you need a castle that has some durable competitive advantage - some castle that has a moat around it.
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I need to maintain a home in Derbyshire and in London to be able both to represent my constituents and to fulfil my responsibilities as an MP and as a minister.
