Andrew Lansley Quotes
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I traveled a full two years with 'Language of Flowers.'
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
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The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble.
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The current distribution model for movies, in the U.S. particularly, but also around the world, is pretty antiquated relative to the on-demand generation that we're trying to serve.
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It only worked for a little while; the morning after I agreed to go with Universal, an article came out in the Hollywood trade papers, and the secret was out.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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To inform, and, therefore to reconnoitre, this is the first and constant duty of the advanced guard.
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Historians will look back in stupor at 20th and 21st century Americans who believed the magnificent republic they inherited would be enriched by bringing in scores of millions from the failed states of the Third World.
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AS A KID I WAS PROMISED an America - An America I believed in - and I insist on living - and dying - in that America, even I have to create it myself.
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There is no "but" in it. The way to be an administration Senator is to vote with the Administration.
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How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!
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Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
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Even beyond sexuality, I'm generally interested in identity.
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You don't come into government thinking it is going to be easy.
