Neville Figgis Quotes
Luther’s principles for the internal, and Machiavelli’s practice for the external, direction of the State were to be the ideal for many generations.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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I've done a lot of costume dramas and things that are set in the past, and it's great to be able to have things that you can research and material that you can look at.
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I got thrust into some great things when I was really young.
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It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.
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Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's not because the Republicans don't have a big enough Office of Hispanic Outreach.
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It can be hard to say if someone has a deliberate intent to defraud or if they are just really, really bad at their business. But even if people are unpublishable, it doesn't mean they should be ripped off.
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God helps those who fear Him.
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When I'm at school, I usually put my hair up. High pony, side pony, or a bun, I like my hair out of my face.
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Sharon Osbourne is such a blast and she's so, so bright.
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I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.
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A nation that hates politics will not long survive as a democracy.
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I filled my sketchbook with drawings, very much as any educated girl of my generation might have kept a diary.
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Southern women can say more with a cut of their eyes than a whole debate club’s worth of speeches.
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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God??
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I didn't leave the Congress; I was expelled.
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I still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown.
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Luther’s principles for the internal, and Machiavelli’s practice for the external, direction of the State were to be the ideal for many generations.
