Anthony Clifford Grayling (A.C. Grayling) Quotes
Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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Fostering the leadership necessary for transformational outcomes in education is hard work, and in countries around the world, there is a constant search for easier solutions.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of information, and we don't. We don't know what's going on behind the closed curtain. If we want to say we live in a free democratic society, we should be able to find out whatever we want to.
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Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are always more convincing than the political fantasies of the earlier generations.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
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The sweetest thing a guy said is that I look pretty with or without makeup.
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In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared.
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The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.
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Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
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Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
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The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.
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Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
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Keeping a journal will change your life in ways that you'd never imagine.
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Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.
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One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.
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Business is the most powerful force in society. It has the highest potential for solving social problems. Once consumers saw examples of prosperous companies integrating social concerns into their business practices, they were emboldened to demand the same of other businesses. Businesses could no longer say it was impossible.
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Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
