Jack Straw Quotes
The situation is very serious, there has been a clear abuse of human rights, a lack of democracy and a lack of openness.
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It's really about, oh come on, this guy wouldn't say that or he wouldn't do that, you know, it's about the characters, about the story, about the situation.
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When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passive and kind of accept whatever is offered you, or to be active and to learn about your disease, and understand your options, and be an active partner with your doctor. That's the course I took with all three of my cancers.
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Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.
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Our expectation is that the Russian Federation does its part to protect its own citizens in full respect of human rights principles.
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I'm 21 years old, and it's kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, but I'm in the 1 percent as far as my income and tax bracket. But now that I'm here, there's no amount of money you can wave in front of my face that will make me understand depriving people of human rights.
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.
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When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation.
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I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
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Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
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A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.
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My dad was a serious alcoholic, and ultimately, that's why he died. When you're a child of someone who struggled with things like that, you look for the common thread. Is there a pattern? Is there an inheritance of pathology in some way? That haunts me.
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Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person.
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We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a drama, so we become adults who treat democracy as a spectator sport.
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I'm a pretty easygoing person, and it bleeds into the music. Even if I'm writing the most personal song, it's not going to come out totally serious; there's always a little tongue in the cheek.
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You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.
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The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.
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The cement in our whole democracy today is the worker who makes $ 15 an hour. He's the guy who will buy a house and a car and a refrigerator. He's the oil in the engine.
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Sweat equity is the best equity.
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Ethel patted her hair and looked very sneery.
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The situation is very serious, there has been a clear abuse of human rights, a lack of democracy and a lack of openness.
