Harold MacMillan Quotes
If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
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Badly constructed houses do for the healthy what badly constructed hospitals do for the sick. Once insure that the air in a house is stagnant, and sickness is certain to follow.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
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Our culture is intent on taking the lines out of people's faces - surgically, with costly creams, and with fear and trembling - when, in fact, the opposite should be the case. As artists know, if there is anything behind a face, that face improves with age.
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'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that's challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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David Cameron wants people to believe that his isolation in Europe is a result of Britain being outnumbered when it matters most.
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I'm so happy with 'The Blacklist.' Give me more people to shoot and throw them off buildings.
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Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.
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People's guards were taken down because there was a new wrinkle. Never, ever give out your PIN number.
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I like humor: the sort of gentle humor that points out human foibles.
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If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.
