Richard Whately Quotes
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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Privacy is big for me. To do interviews even, I have a very love/hate with it.
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I'm a believer in things happening for a reason.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.
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I don't see myself as someone that brings a lot of luggage.
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I know a lot of celebrity types go for Kabbalah and Scientology. But why pay 10 per cent of your earnings to someone when it's all common sense: treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself.
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I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties; in fact, I'm the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, I'm always working or promoting something.
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As an actor, what I'm finding is that I really like the extremes. I think that's really fun to play with.
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Personality is so important - when you dress somebody for a big party, it is good to feel that the person has an ease and naturalness with what she is wearing.
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Real Swaraj will come, not by the acquisition of authority by a few, but by the acquisition of the capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused. In other words, Swaraj is to be attained by educating the masses to a sense of their capacity to regulate and control authority.
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One could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.
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I have no kicks at all The fact is I'm pretty happy about the whole thing...I enjoy this country. I like the parks and the highways and the good schools and everything that this Government does.
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When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day.
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I definitely swear more than I should.
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Rod and I believe that it's our duty to set an example, which means teaching our children to treat others as they would wish to be treated.
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The truth, Prime Minister, is that you have run out of our money. The country as a whole is now in negative equity. Every British child is born owing around 20,000 pounds. Servicing the interest on that debt is going to cost more than educating the child.
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I love to travel but hate traffic and planes. I wish I could just beam myself anywhere instantly.
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The untruth of the accusation, which they all knew well, only served to reinforce it ... By the logic of the high-rise those most innocent of any offence became the most guilty.
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Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts. Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies.
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All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.
