Bernard Crick Quotes
Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.Bernard Crick
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Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
Vikram Seth -
Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
Malcolm Turnbull -
Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
Pat Conroy -
I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
Adam Hasner -
People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
Victoria Pendleton
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
A. E. Housman -
It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
Bashar al-Assad -
Opinions are like snowflakes, you know what I'm saying?
Feist -
I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
Natasha Leggero -
I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
Keinan Abdi Warsame -
Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a writer, but I was more interested in experience than in applying myself intellectually.
Rachel Kushner -
Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
Barney Ross -
The funny thing is that Dick Cheney has done more than anybody in the White House for quite a long time to throw up roadblocks against future historians.
Barton Gellman -
When faced with the inevitable fatigue that comes with the recycling of speeches and the recycling of thoughts in a rather small stream of vortex, I am urged to not be ashamed of recycling.
Barbara Amiel -
You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new.
Jackson Browne -
Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
Harper Lee
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Every entrepreneur, whether man or woman, should start with a robust business structure.
Chanda Kochhar -
When you're a kid dreaming, anything seems possible.
Chelsea Manning -
Extending on his earlier comments in a press conference at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium (6 June 2002)
Donald Rumsfeld -
I think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing.
Kyle MacLachlan -
I've become a produce snob. I like to eat food that's in season.
Anton du Beke -
Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.
Bernard Crick