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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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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The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.
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People who watch 'Transporter' are maybe asking a little less about reality, being serious, and so on.
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If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
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The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.
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We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.
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Al Gore is an heir to the old czars and commissars. He never saw a regulation he didn't like.
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G.E. doesn't pay any taxes, and we are asking college kids to take on even more debt to get an education and asking seniors to get by on less. These aren't just economic questions. These are moral questions.
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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.
