Ken Livingstone Quotes
Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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In some sense, what you might have suspected from the first day of high-school chemistry is true: The periodic table is a colossal waste of time. Nine out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen, the first element and the major constituent of stars. The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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When you feel bad on the inside, you wind up wanting to do things to make others feel bad. In contrast, when you feel happy on the inside, you want to do things to make others feel happy.
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My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
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Belgium's not a hotpot of international football.
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Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
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Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.
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Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!
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My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners.
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Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.
