Nicholas Lea (Nicholas Christopher Herbert) Quotes
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.
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As a memorial, I'd like a statue. Not of me, but a little modern statue, in marble or bronze, maybe of a bird, in a park where children could play and people going by could see it. On it, I'd just like it to say: 'Maeve Binchy, storyteller' and people could look at the name and remember that they'd seen it somewhere else.
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Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect.
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
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On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
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A woman should say: 'Have I made him happy? Is he satisfied? Does he love me more than he loved me before? Is he likely to go to bed with another woman?' If he does, then it's the wife's fault because she is not trying to make him happy.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.
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Costa Rica is not afraid to go before any international body.
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I'm Angelina Jolie's sidekick in 'Maleficent'. It's cool.
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I'm not really that interested in going back to playing small supporting roles.
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It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.
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I don't have to carry myself as anybody that I'm not, and people picked up on it.
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The ultimate winners are willing to take ultimate risks.
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Comedy and drama are both challenging to me.
