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Johann Lamont Quotes

The idea that an independent Scotland - having separated assets and liabilities from the rest of the U.K. - would expect the rest of the U.K. to be a lender of last resort, and of course be kind to them, doesn't make any sense.

Johann Lamont

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: scottish
Birth: July 11, 1957

Topics

Be Kind Rest Kind Independent Expect

I feel my knees changing - like, why do I have this pain when I'm running on the treadmill? What's going on with my lower back when I wake up in the morning? I just feel changes. And I'm definitely fearful in a very vain manner about my body ageing.

Jessica Biel

Morning Pain Wake Up Feel Body Back

I'm the kind of guy who can't keep a plant alive for a week, let alone a relationship.

Jerry O'Connell

Relationship Alone Plant Week Alive

The higher a book's sales ranks, the better chances it has of being noticed by Amazon's internal recommendations engine.

Andrew Shaffer

Book Better Sales Engine Chances

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents.

John Lahr

Generation Talents Her British Most

In classic noir fiction and film, it is always hot. Fans whirr in sweltering hotel rooms, sweat forms on a stranger's brow, the muggy air stifles - one can hardly breathe. Come nightfall, there is no relief, only the darkness that allows illicit lovers to meet, the trusted to betray, and murderers to act.

Michael Dirda

Darkness Hotel Sweat Meet Hot Air

For years, my early work with Roger Penrose seemed to be a disaster for science. It showed that the universe must have begun with a singularity, if Einstein's general theory of relativity is correct. That appeared to indicate that science could not predict how the universe would begin.

Stephen Hawking

Work Science Universe Early Predict

Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.

Simone Weil

Rise Oppression Clearly Give Revolt

It's interesting when you're old enough to take a new, objective approach looking at your parents, frame them in a way where you are actually taking yourself out of the equation and just look at the things that are true about their life.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Life Yourself Parents Looking Look

Whatever shape my future service takes, I look forward to doing my part to help get our country back on track.

Ron DeSantis

Future Service Forward Doing Help

It absolutely helped - to write the father in both 'Juicy' and 'Beasts,' I had to see the whole story from his point of view. All of a sudden I understood more of what my own father must be going through - the fear, the frustration, the anger... the hope that he'll leave a legacy.

Lucy Alibar

Fear Father Hope Anger Legacy Story

I get to do all these really nice, little culty things. It seems to be the world that keeps inviting me back.

Lucy Lawless

Me World Back Nice Little Things

I always wanted to make big action movies as a kid, and that was my dream. In a way, 'Swingers' was the thing I suffered through the most doing because of all that dialog, so I could eventually be allowed to do a big dumb action movie, honestly.

Doug Liman

Action Doing Dream Dumb Movies Way