P. D. James Quotes
It's easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It's only necessary to live long, speak little and do less.
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do.
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What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on.
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I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
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I like 'Ab Fab;' I love the crazy stuff they wear. That's my favourite! I love 'Ab Fab.'
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The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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I feel very keenly the eyes of the foreign media on our country. And I think a lot of Japanese people feel that things are not working the way they should. When the time comes, I will put myself forward.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.
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Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
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In recent years, the government has lost more than five million fingerprints from government employees. They have lost hundreds of millions of credit numbers from financial institutions. This problem is happening more and more and more. And the only way we can protect ourselves is to make phones more and more secure.
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I only know what I read in the papers.
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It is not withdrawal but redeployment of forces from Jammu and Kashmir to the northeast as the violence level has come down.
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Thought is no longer theoretical. As soon as it functions it offends or reconciles, attracts or repels, breaks, dissociates, unites or reunites; it cannot help but liberate or enslave. Even before prescribing, suggesting a future, saying what must be done, even before exhorting or merely sounding an alarm, thought, at the level of its existence, in its very dawning, is in itself an action-a perilous act.
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We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story.
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Libera fortunae mors est; capit omnia tellusquae genuit; caelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.
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Set out with some definite purpose in life and accomplish that purpose. There is little that the human mind can conceive that is not possible of accomplishment. The thing to do is to make up your mind what you are going to drive for, and let nothing stand in the way of its ultimate accomplishment.
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It's easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It's only necessary to live long, speak little and do less.
