John Prescott Quotes
That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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I will sing happy songs, and I do sing happy songs, but the stuff that's going to move me and going to make me close my eyes is always the blues.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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In America, we may acknowledge Washington and Lincoln as great men, and probably Franklin and Jefferson and maybe Franklin Delano Roosevelt and possibly even several more, but we would probably disagree about precisely what it was that made them great, what it was that enabled them to give a lasting direction to the course of events.
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The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.
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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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I think I look great in pretty much everything... kidding! For the red carpet, I like to do really natural eyes and a nice sleek ponytail. Sometimes I'm into a really dark rouge, purple bold lip.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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There is in reality no such thing as modern art. Art is carried on up and down in immense cycles through centuries and civilizations.
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Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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For some time now the impression has been growing upon me that everyone is dead. It happens when I speak to people. In the middle of a sentence it will come over me: yes, beyond a doubt this is death. There is little to do but groan and make an excuse and slip away as quickly as one can.
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If you could count the skeletons in my closet, under my bed and up under my faucet, then you would know I've completely lost it. Is he nuts? No he's insane!
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In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
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If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.
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Confound not faith and feeling together. They are distinct. Faith is ours to exercise. Believe, believe. Let your faith take hold of the blessing, and it is yours by faith. Your feelings have nothing to do with this faith.
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You will not have forgotten that it was a maxim with Foxey - our revered father, gentlemen - 'Always suspect everybody.' That's the maxim to go through life with!
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Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk to me all of the time about really personal things. Sometimes it's really nice and comforting. It depends on the person, whether they're creepy or not.
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You lose more than you win in life, and that's OK. That's the nature of life.
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That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.
