Lucy Powell Quotes
We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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There's something so soothing about the hum of Grand Central Station.
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I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.
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What people don't appreciate, when they picture Terminator-style automatons striding triumphantly across a mountain of human skulls, is how hard it is to keep your footing on something as unstable as a mountain of human skulls. Most humans probably couldn't manage it, and they've had a lifetime of practice at walking without falling over.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
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I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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The mid-day meal is a well-intentioned scheme and has to be implemented effectively.
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Our military men and women are our greatest national treasure. They should be safeguarded as such upon their return.
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My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.
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I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world.
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We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
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The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.
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Obama does not like the issue of where he was born.
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Money is small and the soul stands tall. All those who don't realize this, fall.
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I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.'
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While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'
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In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the taking of private property, even if it is for public economic good.
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We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government.
