Edward St Aubyn Quotes
The tragedy was that five or perhaps ten years of decent five-day-a-week analysis could have mitigated the problem significantly.
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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We do not interfere in U.S. politics... and Europeans expect that America does not interfere in European politics.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.
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You're never going to hear me say, 'Well, I've been critical of Obama five times, so now I need to be critical of McCain five times.' That is a false equivalence, and that's what I think is wrong with journalism.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.
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The magic words 'on the Internet,' if inserted into nearly any sentence, seem to protect it from normal critical scrutiny.
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The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
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In Holland, we have a saying: 'A knife cuts on two sides.' With the rubber duck, I'm trying to show people what they haven't been seeing in their public space. When the rubber duck is there and when it's gone, you know.
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Apparently, the city of Delhi is a 'character' in my novels. I'd argue that it's a ... city... in my novels.
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I live on a ranch that's larger than Manhattan. That's a weird circumstance.
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Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
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I think that the first film I saw in the theater was 'The AristoCats.' I was like, 'Oh my God, this is brilliant!' That's when I knew I wanted to work in cinema. I was four or five.
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Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.
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You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are.
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Nothing would mean anything if I didn't live a life of use to others.
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Peace of mind is the basis of a healthy body and a healthy mind; so peace of mind, a calm mind, is very, very important.
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The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
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I've never really socialized; I've always been anti-social and preferred to be at home. I was never, even my late teens and early twenties, into clubs and parties and stuff like that.
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The tragedy was that five or perhaps ten years of decent five-day-a-week analysis could have mitigated the problem significantly.
