Tony Blair Quotes
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The whole Hollywood thing where people want to put me into this 'quirky-fashionista, daughter of' category makes me mad because it's promoting something that I don't believe in, and it's not who I am.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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I'm really tired of virtue.
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Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.
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I know my brother. Michael, he's not that kind of person. He doesn't do that. That's all a lie on him.
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How do you take what you do as seriously as possible but not so seriously that it ends up inhibiting what you do?
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There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.
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Every generation finds the drug it needs.
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You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the effort of men who are better than you. If this be arrogance, as some of your critics observed, it is still the truth that had to said in the age of the Welfare State.
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If you really love stuffing, wait until the turkey comes out of the oven, add some of the pan drippings to the stuffing, and bake it in a dish. That's called dressing, and that's not evil - stuffing is, though.
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We're fortunate in my family because we really have three families: my brother, David, and me; the two boys, Cooper and Marston, from my dad's second marriage; and my dad's wife, Crystal.
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In 1982, when I was almost 26 years old, I decided I wanted to write fiction. I'd majored in journalism in college, and I'd always assumed I would write nonfiction.
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The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.
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I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.
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I know what it's like to feel snobby; I know what it's like to feel anxiety; I know what it's like to feel like busted because you're crazy.
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It's one of the bases of all human existence - the relation between parents and children, whether biologically or metaphorically. It's something we can never get away from, even in a civilization where we're controlled by robots. It's the basic relationship between mature people who represent paternal and maternal figures and young people. It's universal - it's part of human existence. It's always been that way, and it will always be that way if humans remain around.
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The development of our minds and our destination in future lives is in our hands. No one else can help us. It is very important that we each take responsibility for ourselves. Sustain mindfulness 24 hours a day. Thank you. That is all.
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Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.
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What I admire most in any man is a serene spirit, a steady freedom from moral indignation, and all-embracing tolerance--in brief,what is commonly called sportsmanship.
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Our tolerance is part of what makes Britain, Britain. Conform to it; or don't come here.
