Jack Straw Quotes
Delay would give Saddam the clearest possible signal that his strategy is succeeding, ... It would tell him that the international community lacks the will to disarm him.
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A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.
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Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.
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The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains.
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You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
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My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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I just want get to as high as I can go. I think that's the safest and most politically correct thing I can say. I'm not trying to take anyone's spot. I want to create my own lane and shoot to the sky.
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I've worked so hard for so long, and everyone's reaction has made me feel like... almost like they trust me, which is just a wonderful feeling. It pushes me to write things better and better.
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I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy.
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I have a cat named Dandelion.
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The thing that everybody loves about the 'Burnett Show' was that you felt like you were really there - all that fun stuff stayed in the show, and I think that's why everybody remembers it so fondly because that just doesn't happen anymore on television.
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We must be our own before we can be another's.
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It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum.
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It's couture. Everything has to be done by hand. That is most important. That is the crucial element. Without it, that is not couture anymore.
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I hear, 'But why do poor people make such bad decisions?' But actually, their decision-making can be far more complex than that of the better-off in many ways. They're not financially illiterate: they're constantly weighing up choices based on the reality of poverty. Somehow the international development community has resisted accepting this.
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I'm such a theater geek. Most of my friends are in this community, and it's really important for me to keep doing it. It takes the ego out of acting, whereas movies tend to involve it.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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Delay would give Saddam the clearest possible signal that his strategy is succeeding, ... It would tell him that the international community lacks the will to disarm him.
