Edward St Aubyn Quotes
Of course it was wrong to want to change people, but what else could you possibly want to do with them?
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.
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I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability.
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This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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I am never without my lyric book. If anything inspirational happens, I have it there so nothing's forgotten.
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Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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Women just love to shop.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
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What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life?
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I buy some art but I don't like to talk about it.
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After the war, there was no industry. We lost the war. We had our whole city destroyed. No money. No studio. No film. No camera. No equipment. We would shoot in the street. We had no actors. Nothing. But we wanted to do movies. And we did the best movies in the world.
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As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and to have the people appreciate the music who really like me for being me.
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Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.
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Of course it was wrong to want to change people, but what else could you possibly want to do with them?
