Iain Pears Quotes
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For decades in America, there has been an effort to ensure that the rights of those who are not sane are the same as the rights of those who are.
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The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I'm in that mold.
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Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.
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For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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Really, of all the important mission responsibilities assigned to United States Strategic Command by the president, none is more important than our responsibility to deter a strategic attack on the United States and our allies and partners.
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In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.
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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
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Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
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After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
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There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law.
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I want to state clearly that I am a humanitarian, not an activist. I do not follow any agendas - only that of humanity, not only in Saudi Arabia, but all over the world.
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A heart makes a good home for the friend.
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Centenarians are still living near their children and feel loved and the expectation to love. Instead of being mere recipients of care, they are contributors to the lives of their families. They grow gardens to contribute vegetables, they continue to cook and clean.
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I had five great years at Liverpool and I would rather just keep that memory as it is.
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Democracy in Iraq will be an example that the Arab population will look to with great interest. And some Arab governments are concerned about democracy in Iraq, not because Iraq will be an aggressive state against them, but rather by the example that will be set by a successful federal democratic state in Iraq.
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I hate the telephone. I think the lowest circle of hell is reserved for Alexander Graham Bell.
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You don't have to be the same as anybody else, but you can support - just concerning human rights in general.
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Persons visited by the angel quiver with a thrill unknown to the rest of mankind.
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The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind." (Marco)
