William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw Quotes
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TV presenting isn't the hardest job in the world, and I've done all right financially out of it.
Gail Porter -
What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
Salman Khurshid -
If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
Rachel Johnson -
I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
T. C. Boyle -
I don't do things that are illegal.
Patricia Cornwell -
A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
A. Whitney Brown
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Let's just start with the word 'diva.' It is obviously a sexist slight - a term that is only applied to women, almost always in a derogatory way. It's usually applied to women who are viewed as overly ambitious. It is applied to demanding women, to women who follow their own path.
Brown Campbell -
The prime minister is not a private individual, but the leader of the Jewish State and the Jewish world as a whole.
Naftali Bennett -
My love was both humble and audacious, like that of a page for his lady...
Karen Blixen -
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
Adam Smith -
After I play every character, I always walk away and feel a little different. I've experienced something that's not my life, but I've made it my life.
Brittany Snow -
I don't look down on tourism. I live in Hawaii where we have 7 million visitors a year. If they weren't there, there would be no economy. So I understand why a tourist economy is necessary.
Paul Theroux
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Immigration is the most explosive issue I've seen in my political career.
Mark McKinnon -
The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud.
Lynn Westmoreland -
The Internet has got great tools. How we lived without Google all those years I don't know.
Pete Hamill -
I like acting and being a musician. It's like comparing apples and oranges. But I really like my day job. I've always played music since I was 12, and I guess I always will.
Dennis Quaid -
Because of the fact I look a lot younger than I really am, I think, I end up getting these girl-next-door roles. I mean, I'm not a Gemma Arterton type as far as I can tell.
Kimberley Nixon -
No, I don't have an agent. I'm hoping to get one soon.
Jason Mewes
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When I ran across America, for 75 days I ate 10,000 calories a day. I still lost about five pounds.
Dean Karnazes -
People make art on the sides of buildings, and they'll make art on the sides of trains. They'll make art wherever they decide to make art. The technology that people are working with now will be replaced in 10 years, so that's not where your future is, if you're a musician.
T Bone Burnett -
I didn't want to become some embittered old hack getting his revenge for the rest of my life. And I didn't want to become some scared creature cowering in a corner. I remember telling myself not to carry the hatred around, although I know where it is. I have it in a trunk in storage.
Salman Rushdie -
I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.
Kailash Satyarthi -
In March 1950, in New York City, I was married to Marietta Soffer. We have three children: Vilhelm, Tomas, and Margrethe.
Aage Bohr -
Lawless schools produce lawless children.
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw