Andrew Lansley Quotes
I'm not going to go mystery shopping in the NHS because we have a million people every day using it and rating its facilities.
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.
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I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.
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The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.
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The problem with the Iranian regime, of course is, one, its unsettling effects on the Sunnis, particularly Saudi Arabia, and, secondly, its potential threat to Israel.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.'
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I think the whole aspect of social networking is vulgar and repulsive in a lot of ways. But I also see why it's appealing - I've had that little high you get from posting stuff online. But then you think, 'Did I need to say that?' I've explored that enough to know to stay kind of quiet these days.
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'You had no choice, sir.' 'There's always a choice.'
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Hollywood likes to imagine robots as mechanical copies of ourselves - which is a terrible idea.
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On foreign policy, Obama has talked softly and carried a big stick.
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So knuckle down. Get your book written. Get your life sorted.
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I'm not going to go mystery shopping in the NHS because we have a million people every day using it and rating its facilities.
