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 always think that I've embarrassed myself.
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It's obvious that St. Louis has certain advantages compared to other cities: namely, a concentration of financial services.
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I don't mind giving everyone a shock - including myself.
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The part of Stripe that I've always found most interesting is the idea of facilitating new commerce that wouldn't otherwise happen. Payouts is turning out to be a big part of that. These new networks are efficient, intelligent replacements for offline behemoths.
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What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?
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I've discovered my Jewishness late in life. And I've really enjoyed exploring that world.
