Claire Tomalin Quotes
When I wrote about Mary Wollstonecraft, I found that here she was, in the late 18th century, going to work for the 'Analytical Review.' What was the 'Analytical Review?' It was a magazine that dealt with politics and literature.
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Funny is an attitude.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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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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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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My best time is a 3:20 in Paris in 2010, and I trained to try for a 3-hour marathon in New York, but Hurricane Sandy hit, and it was canceled.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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I know what poverty is.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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People say it's a Ponzi scheme, it's a bubble. People really don't want to take it seriously. At some point, that narrative will shift to 'virtual currencies are here to stay.'
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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If there is one phrase or action that every person on the planet would like to erase from his or her memory or have the chance to undo, it would be, 'Let's do it again.'
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Any religion is forever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion.
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If I was crazy, I'd throw the ball into the stands with the bases loaded. Now, that's crazy. If I was stupid, I'd throw the ball into center field with the bases loaded and a 3-2 count on the hitter. Now, that's stupid.
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I get a thick book full of death, destruction, strife, and chaos. That's what I take with my morning tea.
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When I wrote about Mary Wollstonecraft, I found that here she was, in the late 18th century, going to work for the 'Analytical Review.' What was the 'Analytical Review?' It was a magazine that dealt with politics and literature.
