Emma Alice Margaret Asquith (Margot Asquith) Quotes
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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For me, it's always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
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I won't join another band again.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.
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If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.
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I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
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A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens.
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You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.
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We need to get used to seeing humans with antennas sticking out of their heads.
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I'm sick of '60s nostalgia. I've been to clubs in New York where it's just like the Fillmore East. And I thought I hated that then.
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When I go to a library and I see the librarian at her desk reading, I'm afraid to interrupt her, even though she sits there specifically so that she may be interrupted, even though being interrupted for reasons like this by people like me is her very job.
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She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.
