Tony Blair Quotes

The Donald Trump phenomenon in the U.S. is mirrored completely by the Brexit phenomenon in the U.K. It's very similar forces. And what is interesting to me is there are two different groups that come together, who don't really agree with each other, but have come together in unity against, if you like, what is perceived as the status quo, or - and certainly what is a more center-right or center-left type of politics.

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• When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Emotional

• It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Project
  • Budget
  • Box

• For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.

  

  Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • Important
  • Children
  • Food

• I did all sorts of jobs after drama school - working in a bar, as a teaching assistant. I probably learned as much from them as I did at drama school.

  

  Laura Carmichael
  • School
  • Drama
  • Working

• Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria.

  

  Ed Royce
  • Country
  • Strong
  • Anchor

• Boys never liked me at school. They made fun of me 'cos I had dark skin.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • School
  • Fun
  • Dark

• Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • Marriage
  • Civil Rights

• Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.

  

  Felix Mendelssohn
  • Music
  • God
  • Country

• I don't think there is anything unusual about my struggle. It's a very typical struggle where you meet bad people, and then you meet good people, and then you finally have a breakthrough.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • People
  • Good
  • Bad

• The instructor said, Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you - Then, it will be true.

  

  Langston Hughes
  • Home
  • True

• On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged.

  

  Aeschylus
  • Mother
  • Earth
  • Air

• Our ills are worse than at their easeThese blameless happy souls suspect,They only study the disease,Alas, who live not to detect.

  

  Arthur Hugh Clough
  • Live
  • Happy
  • Study

• Her respectful tone sounded almost sincere.

  

  Ann Leckie

• I've never really thought of myself as depressed so much as I am paralyzed by hope.

  

  Maria Bamford
  • Hope

• I often think that the last holiday is the greatest, but then some really stand out in my mind. One of the best was one my wife and I had in the Lake District. We stayed in a B&B and walked around the countryside for two weeks.

  

  Jay Parini
  • Mind
  • Wife
  • Holiday

• When I was writing 'Bad Behavior,' I was very, very quiet. I would just sit there and listen to people. And if I was out in public, I was usually quiet, and people tended to assume I was stupid because I was a young, pretty girl who's quiet.

  

  Mary Gaitskill
  • People
  • Writing
  • Bad

• When you put gas in your car you are making a political statement, because you are supporting the empires that control and continue the destruction of some countries.

  

  Javier Bardem
  • Political
  • Control
  • Car

• Most science fiction is about white men who are 25 to 30, who are very smart, who face a physical problem and solve it.

  

  Joe Haldeman
  • Men
  • Science
  • Smart

• I love our country so much. And we should all love and respect each other because this is the greatest country in the world. I see the love. I see the unity in all walks of life on a daily basis and It makes me so proud to be an American.

  

  Jessie James Decker
  • Life
  • World
  • Country

• I'm constantly saying, 'I read a fascinating article in 'The New Yorker'... ' I say it so often that sometimes I think I have nothing interesting to say myself, I merely regurgitate 'The New Yorker.'

  

  Emma Donoghue
  • Interesting

• I'm not signing on to direct 'Black Panther.' I think I'll just say we had different ideas about what the story would be. Marvel has a certain way of doing things, and I think they're fantastic, and a lot of people love what they do. I loved that they reached out to me.

  

  Ava DuVernay
  • People
  • Different
  • Black

• There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.

  

  Hack Wilson
  • World
  • Kids
  • Baseball

• I can't imagine being quite as lucky at any other time - I certainly never have been before. That goes right down from my producing partners to people like Eddie Vedder. But the two things that make me feel that this was meant to be now and not before was that the story itself has more resonance today - I find it a more important story today than it was then - and Emile.

  

  Sean Penn
  • Story
  • Imagine
  • Partners

• The Donald Trump phenomenon in the U.S. is mirrored completely by the Brexit phenomenon in the U.K. It's very similar forces. And what is interesting to me is there are two different groups that come together, who don't really agree with each other, but have come together in unity against, if you like, what is perceived as the status quo, or - and certainly what is a more center-right or center-left type of politics.

  

  Tony Blair
  • Different
  • Together
  • Interesting