Ben Elliot Quotes
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Having an understanding of what's possible also makes me redouble my efforts to fight those who stand in the way of doing the things that my constituents and the country would want to get done.
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I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely.
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Qatar has funded and helped arm ISIS. They also, as we all know, fund Hamas. That's got to stop. And we've got to use our pressure against that country to knock that stuff off.
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The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
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There never yet has been a country which became powerful without knowledge. A man by his own strength alone cannot successfully combat a tiger, but by his intelligence, he can devise means to entrap him.
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I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.
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I love C-3PO; I love the girl from 'Ex Machina' - these kind of robots that have so much soul that you feel for them.
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I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.
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There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.
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I've done all different kinds of genres - doo-wop, pop, funk, gospel, country, jazz, you name it.
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The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it.
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There's a part of my heart that forever has Anne Boleyn written on it, who I played in 'The Tudors.'
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You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talking about is - if you give people what they want, how they want it and when they want it, they're more likely to pay for it.
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My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.
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Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.
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I've written extensively on Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth and seen up close how those women, who were born when the country hoped for a male heir, made their way as leaders.
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Writers want publicity all the time, and they are always nagging their agents and publishers to give them more publicity, but, when you get it, it's kind of soul-destroying.
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In order to be discipled by others a person must have a trusting heart, one that listens even when it doesn't fully comprehend or see the end result.
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Somehow love gives even to a dull man the knowledge of his lover's heart.
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I like to watch the men play. I like the way that they're playing, and I can always learn something from them. They're playing differently than the women, so I like to learn from them as well.
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I'm into 'House of Cards.' 'Breaking Bad' - my God, did I binge on that!
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Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.
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The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.
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In my heart and soul, I am a West Country man, and ideally, my weekends are spent there.
