William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Quotes
What I like about the Order of the Garter is that there is no damned merit about it.
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood photos, and even all the clothes I've worn on tour, in videos and on album covers.
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I had dreams of winning Olivier Awards.
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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
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I've never won many awards, I didn't get certificates for swimming or anything.
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In 1998, I self-published online in order to get a traditional deal.
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
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Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world.
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The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!
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What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
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I'm officially retired as the refuser of Academy Awards.
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In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other.
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All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
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Justice is merely incidental to law and order.
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I would love to get a Moonman! I'd put it next to my other awards. I don't have a cabinet right now; they're just kind of all around my flat, one next to the TV, one in the bedroom. So, I'd have to build a cabinet.
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Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.
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Democracy, Republic: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions.
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We are looking for ways to decrease the dropout rate. I am pretty sure, if we eliminate career and technical education, we are going to increase the dropout rate.
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The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.
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It is better to resist oppression by violent means than to submit, but it is best of all to resist by nonviolent means.
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What I like about the Order of the Garter is that there is no damned merit about it.
