Beeban Kidron Quotes
I've discovered my Jewishness late in life. And I've really enjoyed exploring that world.
Quotes to Explore
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(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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No state can match the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay, our beaches and farms, or the mountains of Western Maryland, the Port of Baltimore, or the historic charm of every corner of our state.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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We love to start from a real place, whether it's us or our friends or working on a story from a writer's friend.
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Lizz Wright is my favourite singer. Her voice moves me and takes me to another place. She also grows her own food, and that inspires me.
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Whether it's a double take or a spit take or an extra-long pause before a reaction or a line, I try to be as cognizant as possible about the technical end of it. So I think the physical stuff works easier for me than maybe for others who are more just going on instinct.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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I've discovered my Jewishness late in life. And I've really enjoyed exploring that world.
