Norman Angell (Sir Ralph Norman Angell) Quotes
Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must make peace impossible.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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I've told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans.
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Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
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The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for.
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People should not judge me on what they hear. Let them wait and see me in action. Then they will see how I serve my people.
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I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.
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Human nature is not simple and any classification that roughly divides men into good and bad, superior and inferior, slave and free, is and must be ludicrously untrue and universally dangerous as a permanent exhaustive classification.
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Not taking risks one doesn't understand is often the best form of risk management.
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Super computer will do super computing and will be the reason for super commitment. - Modi in Kazakhstan July 2015
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We need to have strong growth, fair growth, sustained growth. We also have to look at how we help families balance the responsibilities at home and the responsibilities at business.
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Christian philosophers have found no difficulty in justifying imperialism, war, the capitalist system, the use of torture, the censorship of the press and ecclesiastical tyrannies of every sort, from the tyranny of Rome to the tyrannies of Geneva and New England.
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I've got to literally write my own ticket.
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Viewing the earth from above gives you this sense of how special the planet is that we live on.
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I love the Bahamas, and I used to go there all the time with my friend who passed away, Henry. And I love it there, especially that island [Grand Exuma], so I've been there a lot over the twenty years.
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I travel with a bunch of battery packs because I don't always have time to charge my phone at the hotel room when I'm traveling. I always change them, so I never run out of battery.
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Watching my dad, Ralph Lauren, design clothes when I was young, I was always inspired.
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Animal personalities have always intrigued me, the desire to find out more about them made a reader out of me.
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Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must make peace impossible.
