Margaret Beckett Quotes
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When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.
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No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral.
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I love collaborating with different people.
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I don't know what drives me, I don't have a clue, but I'm driven more today than I ever have been.
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I may have the 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' soundtrack, which I've been told is embarrassing, but come on, there are some good songs on there.
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Baseball is just my job.
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I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
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In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.
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Being a dad and being in the Red Hot Chili Peppers and all the stuff I have to do... The trumpet requires a lot of diligence, and I haven't had the time.
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My style is not trendy by any means; my inner artists loves to shine through in my wardrobe.
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I'm sorry, but Juicy Couture tracksuits and Ugg boots don't move me in any way, shape or form. I refuse to wear them. Modern fashion doesn't appeal to me; the 1950s were better in every way, don't you think?
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Wealth, or large amounts of possessions seemed to him limiting. They brought their own prison with them. He preferred, since he had once known a kind of prison, to travel free.
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A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.
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The Mystical Body of Christ does not rest on abstract principles but on concrete persons who have missions, or on missions which are personal.
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It was abominable - wicked. The good God should not allow such things. We are not so wicked as that in Germany.
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I joke that I've always had this sort of insatiable 'big sis' complex - which is odd given that I am the baby of the family with no sisters! It's the reason I have such a powerful desire to connect with girls and encourage them. So, it's a natural fit for me to have a job that's like the editorial version of an older sister to a million girls.
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People always say, 'Is it tough getting up at four in the morning?' I'm not terrible with that, but the weird thing for me is that I start to feel like a 3-year-old in need of a nap at about 7:30 at night; and, at 9:30, my head is teetering like that.
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Our land-healing ministry really is about cultivating relationships: between the people, the loving stewards, and the ecology of a place, what I call the environmental umbilical that we're nurturing here.
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The American system of civilian control of the military recognizes that soldiers' attention must be fixed on winning battles and staying alive, and that the fog of war can sometimes obscure the rule of law.
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A trustee has a responsibility to guard the assets of others with a higher degree of care than he does his own.
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I believe that killing children with disabilities is simply murder. If a project opposing this issue will find itself on my desk, I will certainly sign it.
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I don't join or leave things lightly.
