John Prescott Quotes
What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of deprivation.
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I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
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My main thing is I'm going to compete on every play, try to be focused on both ends of the court. That said, I'll always bring my excitement, my swag, to the game.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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You can always plan where you think your life is going to go but I don't think you can really plan your future.
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At the age of 6, a teacher full of ambitions, who taught in the small public school of Biran, convinced my family that I should travel to Santiago de Cuba to accompany my older sister who would enter a highly prestigious convent school. Including me was a skill of that very teacher from the little school in Biran.
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I had real big boobs, and I just got tired of knocking over stuff. Every time I eat, 'Oh, Lord'. I'd carry a Tide stick everywhere I go. My back was sore, so it was time to have a reduction.
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I think one of the very frightening things about the regime of the National Socialists is that it made people happy.
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When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time to do it in.
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The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in.
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I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular.
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It may be in our sexuality that we are most easily enslaved, both men and women. It may be there, even as free men and women, that we find freedom hardest to keep. The politics of the flesh are the roots of power.
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Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.
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When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
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We always say, ‘Gisele’s so hot, how do we break her down?'
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When two kids came along, I couldn't see how I could support them. The way it played out, I was away from the theatre for five years. I was a postie for the first part and then worked as an advertising copywriter, but I somehow found my way back.
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I don't really know what a cyclotron is but I am certainly very happy Canada has one!
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It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely.
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Real war was the thousands of Chinese refugees dying of cholera in the sealed stockades at Pootung, and the bloody heads of Communist soldiers mounted on pikes along the Bund. In a real war no one knew which side he was on, and there were no flags or commentators or winners. In a real war there were no enemies.
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What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of deprivation.
