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 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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The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for.
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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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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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The very best Labor governments in our nation's history distinguished themselves by thinking big and, wherever possible, resisting the temptation to overemphasise short-term political considerations.
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The Crime Victims Fund is distributed to service providers who assist millions of crime victims annually throughout our communities in a host of ways. It is paid for by fines levied on criminals, not taxpayers.
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My night stand is more like a geological structure: a bunch of books piled on the floor with its own strata.
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Banks hold deposits and savings entrusted to them by individuals, by businesses, by governments and by central banks. They put that money to work, helping people to buy homes, for example, or lending to businesses to invest in expansion.
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My attitude towards peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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Unless you choose to take action on what you want, nothing is ever going to come out of it.
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I always just want to do non-typical voices for some reason.
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Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must make peace impossible.
