Michael Foot Quotes
He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.
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.
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Democracy without morality is impossible.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cleverness is not wisdom.
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So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural.
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I'm not putting pressure on myself, all I know is I want to do music.
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He stands not alone. You would die before your stroke fell.
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I wonder what I can do about war. Is it the destiny of human kind to eventually wipe ourselves out with these weapons of mass destruction? Are we stupid to think that we can control them?
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Cycling is an activity which more and more young people are getting involved with, whether they are using their bikes to get to school or work, socially, or cycling as a sport. Cycling is cheap, it's quick, and it makes you look and feel great!
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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.
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You ever think about this? Every year you live, you pass the anniversary of your death. Now you don't know what day it is, of course.
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It is almost as safe to assume that an artist of any dignity is against his country, i.e., against the environment in which God hath placed him, as it is to assume that his country is against the artist.
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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.
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He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.
