Tariq Ali Quotes
The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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There were times when I was so sick of talking about the Bible.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.
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One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has ever really accomplished.
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Human nature and deliberate effort must unite, and then the reputation of the sage and the work of unifying all under Heaven are thereupon brought to completion.
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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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I would support immediate construction of the Keystone Pipeline.
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I have a scar on my right arm from my ex-husband. He was cooking and he had a hot pot and he turned around and went right into my arm.
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I once had someone say to me in an interview, 'You are more ugly on the screen than in real life.'
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.
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I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.
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When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.
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My dancing is Hawaiian-inspired but I also get a little fresh when it comes to my faster songs.
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
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It's smarter to look at portions than to count calories.
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I think if the Vatican is smart, someday they'll collect my work.
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There would be no difficulty in securing the rights of the people and the liberties of Texas if men would march to their duty and not fly like recreants from danger. Texas must be defended and liberty maintained.
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I'm always working on the same thing, the creation of an identity. It's mysterious: We think identity is genetically given, but I believe there is creative will involved with the decision of who we are going to be. All my movies are concerned with this.
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The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.
