Tony Blair Quotes
I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter when you renew your car registration at the department of motor vehicles.
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I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.
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I made a clean version of 'Enter the Ninja' that my mom can listen to.
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Everyone's past is locked up in their recipes - the past of an individual and the past of a nation as well.
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It is not a coincidence that Fusion middleware and applications have the same name. We knew what we needed it to be.
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Jazz infers a style, but creative music has a wider field and wider specification about it. We know it from people like Scott Joplin and on through Bessie Smith.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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One of the things I love about jazz music is that intent is first and execution is second. In classical music, execution is first and intent is second, meaning that you must first learn a piece before you can truly add your interpretation to it.
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I'm focused on staying as healthy as I can so I can work more.
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I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.
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Eating a lot is an occupational hazard but it's a pretty great problem to have. I spend a lot of time eating sweets on TV - cake, cupcakes, donuts, and pudding. It's a dream job, but at the same time there will be days where I wake up knowing I will eat 15 desserts!
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It's such a different spectrum of tragedies when you talk to people in developing countries.
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Film roles really did start to dry up when I got into my 40s.
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The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine - the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 'Full Metal Jacket,' the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death.
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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
