H. H. Asquith Quotes
Of all human troubles the most hateful is to feel that you have the capacity of power and yet you have no field to excercise it.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.
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We should teach the students, as well as executives, how to conduct experiments, how to examine data, and how to use these tools to make better decisions.
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We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.
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Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
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Political correctness kills discussion.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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The people who used to hold the purse strings were a select group of white, middle-aged men, but that's changing, and the more it continues to change, the more we'll see inclusive stories get told.
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I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.
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I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.
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In politics and in society, we can use our reason to rise above our parochial natures. Too bad that our elected officials don't choose to do so more often.
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You either ride life or it rides you. Your mental attitude determines who is 'rider' and who is 'horse.'
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This isn't a game for me. I love you, Ivy, and one day you're going to believe me.
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Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.
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There is a great power in speaking your truth and standing for something important.
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Of all human troubles the most hateful is to feel that you have the capacity of power and yet you have no field to excercise it.
