Alistair Horne Quotes
Aung San Suu Kyi's late husband, Michael Aris, was a good friend of mine at St Antony's, Oxford. The gentlest of gentle academics, he helped establish a centre in Tibetan studies at Oxford and converted to Buddhism.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal, as time will show.
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I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'
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I've been given an opportunity to make a difference.
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
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One believes others will do what he will do to himself.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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True play is creativity.
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When I'm in love with a woman, seeing her in something cozy makes me not want to let go of her when I'm holding her.
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To make a friend, forgiveness is required which burns up all things, leaving only beauty; but to destroy friendship is easy.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's late husband, Michael Aris, was a good friend of mine at St Antony's, Oxford. The gentlest of gentle academics, he helped establish a centre in Tibetan studies at Oxford and converted to Buddhism.
