Neal Ascherson Quotes
Who invented political tolerance? The English invented it, it's something which has taken roots with some difficulty in Scottish politics.
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I'd heard stories about business managers who lost their client's money. My feeling was that if I made any money, I wanted to lose it myself, to be the author of my own demise.
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To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.
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I said it several times: a blow you are getting from a friend is still a blow, but more painful.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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I take care of myself and take antioxidating supplements suggested by my best friend and first fan - he takes care of my Internet presence - Doctor Mario Rosario Porzio. I eat well - in fact, very well.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.
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Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.
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I love Costco.
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It's easy to say, 'I'm going to build something that already exists,' but it's difficult to clearly and succinctly describe something new.
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For me the true business of photography is to capture a bit of reality (whatever that is) on film...if, later, the reality means something to someone else, so much the better.
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Yes, for my undergrad I majored in Criminal Justice and minored in Political Science and English.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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If you will respond to the invitation to share your beliefs and feelings about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, a spirit of love and a spirit of courage will be your constant companion.
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I can man anything that eats. Get me a piece of jerky. -John Joel Glanton.
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Who invented political tolerance? The English invented it, it's something which has taken roots with some difficulty in Scottish politics.
