Jack Straw Quotes
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I'm aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens, and to face with utmost commitment and determination international, economic and social priorities.
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I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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If elected, I would not be the mere president of a party - I would endeavor to act independent of party domination and should feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.
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Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.
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'Newsies' is definitely aerobic! The boys have to do a lot more than I do in the show, but for 'King of New York,' the big Act Two tap number, I have to be warmed up or I will hurt myself.
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Along with our friends in the GCC, the first order of business is stability. Beyond the imperative of stability, the most important priority is job creation for all Bahrainis.
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We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
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I grew up in a little bubble of Brooklyn in France! In Stains, I was learning to speak English; I was listening to Biggie Smalls and KRS-One, and so I basically lived the life by proxy. At the same time, I had the same problems and issues they were singing about right next to me, so it was easy to identify with it.
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Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But I have no regrets, man. It's just like God brought me through the drugs, I know he'll bring me through this.
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People will tell you that you can't do it, no matter what you are trying to do, so you just have to really keep at it.
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My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.
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I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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I'm one of the few adults lucky enough to love their job. And when you've got bills to pay, you get on with it! I like challenges.
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Women are often worried about how they look, and that's not superficial. We know that our appearance has nothing to do with how smart, creative, or hardworking we are, but it plays powerfully into what society decides we are worth.
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I am a private human.
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I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.
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The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.
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Charles McCarry is the best modern writer on the subject of intrigue - by the breadth of Alan Furst, by the fathom of Eric Ambler, by any measure.
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It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.
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Certainly the format of ghostbusting lends itself to a videogame beautifully.
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When you deal with something like compassion for physical pain, which we know is very, very old in evolution - we can find evidence for it in nonhuman species - the brain processes it at a faster speed. Compassion for mental pain took many seconds longer.
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This is a negotiation. Our aim was to listen.
