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.
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Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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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.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
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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.
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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.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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Opinions are like snowflakes, you know what I'm saying?
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Aw man, I spend it pretty much as fast as I make it. If I want something, I don't wait around and plan or nothing. I just go out and get it.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
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I love to be surprised.
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The assimilationist movement is running us into the ground.
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Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.
