John Major Quotes
I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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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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Taylor's first four albums have been certified platinum a combined 21 times, but despite her unprecedented success in country music, '1989' is strictly pop.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.
Garry Kasparov -
Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
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There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
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European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline.
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I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time.
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I'm just really waiting for the music to get cooked the right way, and once it's cooked, I'm going to serve that meal that everybody's been waiting for.
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The mentality we have in India is not very sporting.
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Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
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You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude.
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As I grow older and meet more and more people, I realise how lucky I am to have had a stable family environment. Both my parents had loving families but unstable upbringings, so they wanted us to have a more stable situation.
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Your talent makes you who you are. You should be proud of it.
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The demand that school finances be transferred away from local school districts to the state and/or federal government has been a long-time favorite of the educationist lobbies.
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I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write.
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I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.
