George Herbert Quotes
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There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.
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It is absolutely unacceptable to think that in the last year of the president's term, that he should stop doing his job, and he won't.
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In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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I will fully engage myself to maintain CERN's excellence in all its attributes, with the help of everybody, including CERN Council, staff and users from all over the world.
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I began to write in an enclosed, self-confident literary culture. The poet's life stood in a burnished light in the Ireland of that time. Poets were still poor, had little sponsored work, and could not depend on a sympathetic reaction to their poetry. But the idea of the poet was honored.
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If you don't score, and you have chances, you are disappointed.
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I love Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey.
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To be a mother is to nourish and protect true humanity and bring it to development. But again, this necessitates that she possess true humanity herself, and that she is clear as to what it means; otherwise, she cannot lead others to it. One can become suitable for this double duty if one has the correct personal attitude.
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One does simply what one can in order to apply what one knows.
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I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.
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Slavery was a long slow process of dulling.
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To do a band properly does kind of mean you don't really get to do anything else.
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I love horse-riding - I have three back home in the U.K.
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Punishment is lame, but it comes.
