Iain Banks Quotes
She supposed she ought to feel impressed that Genar-Hofoen was sticking to his principles in the face of imminent death-and she did feel a little admiration-but mostly she just thought he was being stupid.
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'
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Linda Thorson was a great actress with a great body, but she arrived just as 'The Avengers' was losing its appeal.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
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I just want get to as high as I can go. I think that's the safest and most politically correct thing I can say. I'm not trying to take anyone's spot. I want to create my own lane and shoot to the sky.
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If I were to explore music, I'd want to just focus on that and make that my priority.
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I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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Three of my tattoos can be considered spiritual or faithful.
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I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.
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Unfortunately, there's a lot of confusion today over what is sexy and what is vulgar. It's horrifying. They say, 'Oh, that girl is so sexy,' and she turns around and the dress is four sizes too small. Or she's wearing so much stuff, you wonder how long it took her to get ready.
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I don't work for Donald Trump. I work with him. I work for the people who sent me up here. He ran on repealing and replacing Obamacare. Those people that put him and me in office expect us to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.
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The environmental movement's focus on the Keystone XL pipeline issue really used to baffle me.
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She supposed she ought to feel impressed that Genar-Hofoen was sticking to his principles in the face of imminent death-and she did feel a little admiration-but mostly she just thought he was being stupid.
