Nigel Lawson Quotes
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.
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We try to guide with a light touch. Sometimes we can be helpful, and my goal with my team, both on the series side and on the film side, is that the collaboration should always be invited. In other words, we're not looking to impose our view on the filmmaker; we hire a storyteller because we love the story, and we love their ability to tell it.
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
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Sometimes I feel like if I'm not getting people to boo me, then I'm not doing my job right.
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The truth is that we all have lives that are complicated. We all get hurt by people we love sometimes. It's laughable to believe that anyone is immune. The important thing is how you behave.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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I was going to college to be a doctor.
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My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.
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New thinking. Unleashing growth that creates opportunity. Promoting development that lifts all people out of poverty.Supporting democracy that gives citizens their say. Advancing the security and justice that delivers peace. Respecting the human rights of all people. These are the keys to progress - not just in Africa, but around the world.
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The role of philosophy might be said to be to extend and deepen the self-awareness of mankind.
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The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.
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Universal is known according to reason, but that which is particular, according to sense...
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There's much talk about how there can't be democracy in a region that has problems of illiteracy and poverty. But I bring a different idea to the table when I say, 'Guys, I come from India. I'm more optimistic coming from where I'm coming.'
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Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.
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It can be a living hell to go through endless campus investigations. I've seen this go down, and there really is no winning once the accusation is made, even if the process provides formal vindication.
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Conservation destroys the present. If we are only busy preserving the past, we are not living in the present and unable to look forward. I am against conservation. We should let young people move forward, whether we agree with them or not. We should let new things happen.
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Israel without Jerusalem is like a body without a heart. Our heart will never be divided again.
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My heart goes out to Paris right now... We were just there a week ago. Everyone here is in shock over the news.
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A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good.
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The cultures we can look at had already grasped the essential unity of nature. No board of gods can survive that knowledge.
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I'd like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom.
