Nigel Lawson Quotes
It is quite clear that history will record that Margaret Thatcher was the greatest Prime Minister this country has had since Churchill.
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If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.
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I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
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Then my mother had several strokes and my father, who was 85, couldn't handle it, so Donna came back and we went through the same thing here. She lives in Mill Valley; her group is organizing this event.
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I've got loads of nieces and nephews.
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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
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I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam.
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Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done.
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I'm attracted to male gestures and sexuality.
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All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.
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In greek mythology, Antaeus was a giant who was strong as long as he had contact with the earth. When he was lifted from the earth he lost strength. So it is with engineers. They must not become isolated from the real world...
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I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.
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I think that there is not any group of people in this country who do not believe that they should be a part of the process.
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I have learnt sketching, drawing, singing, dancing, rifle shooting, paragliding.
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I wanted to bring something to 'Celebrity Apprentice' to let America know that you don't have to be back-stabbing and mean-spirited in order to a challenge.
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I'm not responsible enough to have puppies.
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Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
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Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.
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It was a technical mistake on their (DEP) end.
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I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who had taken part in the Brixton riots. The tone of the poem is celebratory because I wanted to capture the mood of exhilaration felt by black people at the time.
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An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers.
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When with all thy heart thou strivest to live with truth and love, couldst thou do anything better? … If this be thy life, thou shalt not deem it a misfortune to lack the things men most crave and toil for.
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It is quite clear that history will record that Margaret Thatcher was the greatest Prime Minister this country has had since Churchill.
