Edward Davey Quotes
We need to become a political home to pro-EU liberal Tories and pro-EU liberal and social democrat Labour MPs and voters.
Quotes to Explore
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.
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Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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I want to be a major force.
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My refrigerator is full of kale and greens. I can't imagine something greasy, or eating meat.
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One of the things I love about jazz music is that intent is first and execution is second. In classical music, execution is first and intent is second, meaning that you must first learn a piece before you can truly add your interpretation to it.
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Acting was a way of me finding myself, which I think is the case of a lot of actors, regardless of where they come from.
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Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
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There's so many great designers. I'm a little bit of a vintage junkie when it comes to going out. I like to get unique pieces that you won't see everyone wearing, but at the same time I don't like to break the bank. I like to find great vintage pieces that you can hold on to for a long time.
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'The Graduate' must be the best use of songs ever in a movie; it adds a layer to the movie you wouldn't ever get from a score.
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So many times, genuine health workers and genuine NGO folks are really just trying to help other humans in whatever capacity they can. But they are perceived as being CIA, and therefore, it blocks their effectiveness.
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With thrillers, there's such a fine line between what's good and what's cheesy and corny.
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Il mondo รจ un bel libro, ma poco serve a chi non lo sa leggere.
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Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.
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When I was growing up, I said to my ex-girlfriend, 'I will not be successful until everyone in Holland knows my name.' And it worked.
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If the House Republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, they should make their case to the American people and elect a president and a majority in both Houses of Congress prepared to do that.
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When I'm in need of a quick meal or party dish, a burger is hands-down my go-to pick! Burgers are easy, fast, and don't even require utensils to eat, making them the perfect get-together main course, tailgating essential, and simple dinner recipe to whip up any night of the week.
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I dare say you will try to make me believe that Editors are human. Now I deny that, for I myself have, in past days, had evidence to the contrary.
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She saw him the first day on board, and then her heart sank into her shoes as she realized at last how much she wanted him. No matter what his past was, no matter what he had done. Which was not to say that she would ever let him know, but only that he moved her chemically more than anyone she had ever met, that all other men seemed pale beside him.
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Novels are political because in them, we try to identify with people who are not like us. And, in that sense, I like the first-person singular because I have to imitate accurately the voice of someone who is not like me. The third-person singular gives me an authority over a character.
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Our whole political machinery presupposes a people so fundamentally at one that they can safely afford to bicker.
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We need to become a political home to pro-EU liberal Tories and pro-EU liberal and social democrat Labour MPs and voters.
