Niall Ferguson (Niall Campbell Ferguson) Quotes
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Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.
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North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.
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I don't believe in asking God for anything. If I am worthy, He will give it to me. I think we should earn his blessings; I have never believed in mannats.
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One of my friends went on a murder weekend... now he is doing life for it.
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The U.K. crowds always have a lot of energy, and I've done some milestone shows there that I'm very proud of.
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Yeah, I volunteered to support the troops, and get out there and show them that we care about them.
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When I am sad and wearyWhen I think all hope has goneWhen I walk along High HolbornI think of you with nothing on
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We desperately need to have a public that actually cares whether things are true of not.
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It's fantastic to see 'Les Miserables' become the top-grossing film at the U.K. box office.
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No state legislature ever built a great university.
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I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.
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If I wanted to lay down a baby con, I could say I was the product of a broken home. But I'd only be bum-rapping my parents.
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My husband has always been my biggest supporter, and my mother has finally joined the cheerleading team now that her friends have been telling her that they like my work as well.
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The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don't always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn't have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I'm interested in the exceptions.
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From day one, I was already famous in my own head. It didn't take anything to make me feel that way. I know I'm totally not famous. I mean, it just depends on your perspective.
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I was brought up by my father to think that the best thing in life was to be charming, to have a nice smile, always to be liked.
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Ideally, I'd love to write poems that intrigued humans across the board: literary folk and academics as well as... dog-walkers, doctors, plumbers, chefs, math professors, jugglers, etc.
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Why don't we have enough teachers of math and science in the public schools? One answer is well, if they knew the subject well, they'd also know enough to work for Google or Goldman Sachs or God knows where.
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No one's memory is infallible, of course - quite the opposite.
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In the financial sector, those whom the gods want to destroy they first teach math.
