Charles Tomlinson Quotes
In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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From the RBI side, the fake Indian currency note is an important issue that needed to be addressed. The other collateral benefits from this, in terms of greater accountability, better public finance, more transparency, are, by definition, areas that take time to fully play out.
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Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
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Barbara Castle was a hero to millions of British women. She inspired a new generation of women to become active in Labour politics, including, of course Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman.
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I mean the terrorists are - are like a pimple, like a boil. They'll go away.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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As is the case for many people with multiple sclerosis, the effects of weakened limbs, spasticity and fatigue had cut my working life in half. Yet not a single GP, neurologist or nurse, and none of the MS websites, had mentioned the use of neuroenhancers for the treatment of neurological fatigue.
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The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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What makes maftoul worth celebrating is that it's so easy and forgiving to cook.
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I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.
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I got to know Elton John's older music by learning to like his newer stuff. 'The Lion King?' That's what I like.
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Between the desireAnd the spasmBetween the potencyAnd the existenceBetween the essenceAnd the descentFalls the Shadow .
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I think most of the things I published have been published out of desperation, not because they were perfected.
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I have not been without battle. Bitter affliction was frequent Between me and my cousins. Frequent trials fell Between me and my fellow-countrymen. There was frequent contention Between me and the wretched.
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Almost all the people who have had most effect on me I seem to have met by chance.
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The happiest mortals on earth are ladies who have been bereaved by the loss of their husbands.
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Ἢ οὐκ οἶσθ' ἀκριβῶς ὢν περισσόφρων ὅτιγλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ ζημία προστρίβεται.
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I wrote the first draft of the New People quickly but it had been percolating a lot longer. It's a hard question to answer because I'd been working on another novel for years and when I gave up on that, this one came very easily. But I think the work had been going on a lot longer than the actual writing.
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The price of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.
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A collection to which nothing can be added and from which nothing can be removed is, in fact, dead!
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Was anybody else bothered by the sight of mine-resistant vehicles and guns pointed at unarmed men in Ferguson?
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In all pursuits men complain of failure when they have not attained the measure of success they proposed to themselves.
