Michael Foot Quotes
He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.
Michael Foot
Quotes to Explore
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When you mess up publicly, it can be difficult to get vulnerable again or to put yourself out there.
Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
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Democracy without morality is impossible.
Jack Kemp
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As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously whether we really wish some future universal historian on another planet to say about us: "With all their genius and with all their skill, they ran out of foresight and air and food and water and ideas," or, They went on playing politics until their world collapsed around them.
U Thant
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I often try to think about, What sounds like a bad idea, but if you find the right plan of attack, it's actually a really good idea? I spend a lot of time really trying to systematically tackle problems from different angles.
Edward Boyden
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The goods of this world are most dear to me, but much dearer are peace of mind and my own honor.
Claudio Monteverdi
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Cleverness is not wisdom.
Euripides
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Sometimes I stress too much and don't have fun. If you're trying to be perfect, sometimes it backfires on you.
Chad Pennington
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Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent.
Cyrus Augustus Bartol
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The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. The working novelist lies daily, very complexly, and at great length.
William Gibson
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Not a time with him passed that I didn't say, "You should've been a comedian." [Vincent Price] was hilarious. He was just such a quick, funny wit. I don't think most people would think that about him, and it was really surprising to me. But man, the guy had a brilliant wit.
Cassandra Peterson
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In China, the rules of the market are not always that transparent. So it's very hard. Also, the national TV networks are all owned by the government, so our shows are subject to censorship by the networks. Every now and then, we are told that certain subjects cannot be talked about. There are frustrations.
Yang Lan
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He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.
Michael Foot
