H. G. Wells Quotes
In all the round world there is no meat. There used to be. But now we cannot stand the thought of slaughterhouses.

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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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I still have a young attitude.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation - united in purpose - caring about and for one another is no longer the practice.
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I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.
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Technology is best when it brings people together.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
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Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive, it remains vital, inspiring great good and, sometimes, great evil.
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In all the round world there is no meat. There used to be. But now we cannot stand the thought of slaughterhouses.