Nigel Lawson Quotes
The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one nation.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They wade through it the way a boy wades through water, feeling with his toes for the bottom: The echoes are the bottom.
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The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for.
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I have never played a game in my life.
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My mom has always told me that beauty fades but inner beauty is forever. There's nothing more beautiful than a woman [who] takes care of [herself].
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Without strong financial roots, our generation is in a constant state of redefinition. This forces us to think outside the box when it comes to making a living... which sometimes makes it look like we're a mess, but really we're just creative. And we like weed.
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The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.
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It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
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The real danger in life is not death, but living an evil life.
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. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm.
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My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.
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How fatally the entire want of humor cripples the mind.
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I'm quite a broad girl, not at all delicate. I watch what I eat to stay in shape, but I'm against diets. I eat when I'm hungry, three meals a day.
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Self-driving cars will enable car-sharing even in spread-out suburbs. A car will come to you just when you need it. And when you are done with it, the car will just drive away, so you won't even have to look for parking.
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Finlay was the godfather of a problem that's rampant everywhere today. He called the people who made his work 'collaborators'... nowadays it's 'fabricators'... talented people who are grateful, desperate and thwarted. There's plenty of them.
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Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.
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The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one nation.
