Jack Layton Quotes

Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate.

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• There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to every section of the workforce.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Work
  • God
  • Right

• Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners.

  

  Mamata Banerjee
  • Believe
  • Party
  • Compromise

• I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • Hate
  • Hear
  • Less Is More

• You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Done
  • Discipline
  • Talent

• I love gardening, and I love cooking. I love things like that. I love creating things.

  

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson
  • Love
  • Cooking
  • Gardening

• I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.

  

  Cao Cao
  • World
  • Me
  • Rather

• There are times as an actor when you don't work for two months, sometimes three or sometimes six, and the only thing that's going to keep you sane is if you give back and live your life. I've definitely gone through that. It's like, 'Okay, I'm out of work for two months.' That's two months I can paint.

  

  Olesya Rulin
  • Life
  • Work
  • Live

• All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.

  

  Ulrich Beck
  • Religion
  • Belief
  • Realize

• I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.

  

  Larisa Oleynik
  • Hate
  • Day
  • Disappointment

• Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.

  

  Ignazio Silone
  • Destiny
  • Invention
  • Cowardly

• Online is such a brilliant, brilliant way to connect with young readers - even if they just want to tweet, 'Hey, I read your book!' - that, absolutely, I connect with that. But I also treat writing as solitary and keep it to myself as long as I can.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Long
  • Writing
  • Book

• I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a few people and work out what is next, work out what the next preparation will be and what competition will be next.

  

  Ian Thorpe
  • People
  • Work
  • Competition

• We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people.

  

  Mamata Banerjee
  • People
  • Poor
  • Poor People

• For me, to be in a place where I'm on the 'favourite' list of top directors I like, that's being number one. There is no other definition to me. It's not money; it's not how many songs you're seen in or how many clothes you're changing in the film.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Money
  • Place
  • Directors

• Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Nation
  • Trade
  • Follow

• The whole Baja California peninsula is an energetic place, and it's incredibly alive.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • Place
  • California
  • Alive

• I like to do yoga, Pilates, dance, and things like that.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Like
  • Things
  • Dance

• I believe whatever smart, ambitious people are working on will be the trend of the future. I do think that it's worth thinking critically about what the future will be.

  

  Sam Altman
  • People
  • Believe
  • Thinking

• I write not for your farthing, but to try. How I your farthing writers, may outvie.

  

  Isaac Watts
  • Writing
  • Trying
  • May

• There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other's past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Past
  • King
  • Conflict

• When you edit, you imagine your enemy is seated on the other side of the table. Your enemy! And your enemy is going to read that with a viciousness, because he knows where you didn't work on it. He's going to shake it and really aim for that jugular. So you are going to polish, and revise, and rewrite, and cut out, and shape it, so that your enemy has no place to grip it. That's how you revise.

  

  Sandra Cisneros
  • Enemy
  • Cutting
  • Imagine

• I do think that Social Security reform needs to be bipartisan, and we are going to have to reach that in this debate at some time before we can find really meaningful reform.

  

  Judy Biggert
  • Meaningful
  • Debate
  • Reform

• Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate.

  

  Jack Layton
  • Imagine
  • Debate
  • Improve