George MacDonald Fraser Quotes
I'm rather a cynic, I suppose. I do not believe in the niceness of humanity.
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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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In 2009, during my inaugural address, I expressed the importance of unprecedented partnerships. Since then, Utah's government, business, and education leaders in communities statewide have worked together more frequently and with better results than ever before.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America.
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I constantly write about my safety walking to and from school, and then I would come home at night, and I would cut on the TV, and I would watch a show like 'The Wonder Years,' or I would watch, you know, some other show like 'Family Ties.'
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Rock will never be dead for me. Do I like a lot of what I hear on rock music radio? No, not for the most part. I'm not a fan of the regurgitated Pearl Jam and Nickelback crap that's the biggest thing in the Midwest. There isn't that big of a market for rock anymore. Every once in a while something happens and you like it.
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We seem to think we have some control over this planet.
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.
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It's probably conventional wisdom now that you bring openness of markets only after the market has developed to a certain level.
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If you believe in democracy, the overreach of leaders is a good reminder that vigorous public debate and time-consuming due process are not only more fair and more just, but that over the long term they usually produce better government, too.
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The marketers can compete with free; it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you don't believe me.
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I don't know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad.
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Believe it or not, one of the things I try to do around here is try to look for opportunities to work with people across the aisle. I know that's not the common narrative. But the truth is if you want to get anything done, that's an absolute requirement.
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I'm rather a cynic, I suppose. I do not believe in the niceness of humanity.
