Bernard Crick Quotes
The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics itself.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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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 find the business world hard.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird.
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You have to communicate with your teammates; you have to be on a string. There are a lot of things that go into a play. And then you are guarding a two or three, which is probably one of their better players on the team, so you're focused on them.
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I am so saddened by the loss of our dear friend, Bonnie Franklin. She was just full of light and love. Bonnie will be very much missed by all the people she touched with her love.
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He got his mean streak from the gutterGot his kindness from God
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Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh,The sun has left the lea.
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Dicaepolis: Comedy too can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true. (tr. Athen. 1912, Perseus)
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It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on what you look like. I'm black, so I'm supposed to think a certain way? I'm supposed to have certain opinions? I don't do that. You don't create a box and put people in and then make a lot of generalizations about them.
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I have a certain experience of the way people tell lies.
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if you pass amnesty, that's it. It's over. Then we organize the death squads for the people who wrecked America.
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Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression.
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I don't care if you marry someone who works at the grocery store or someone who is a director of a company; everyone should have their own identity.
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Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.'
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The sixth Harry Potter film - I don't like my performance in that film at all.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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So for me, I had to get something going to promote the new project that I got. I decided to come with the 'Lost Jewelry' EP, which is a mixtape but it's more sexier because it's all fresh music.
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I understand that the rule of fashion is to change, even as a successful designer - you do not want to be stuck in the same rut.
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I'm going to do a lot of weird stuff that's not going to be like me prancing around like an insane 12-year-old. I showed everybody that side of me and I think it's time to do different stuff, even when it comes down to the type of humor. I want to do some drier, weirder stuff.
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The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics itself.
