John Bercow Quotes

Possibly the fact that I was physically quite feeble, a relatively short little fellow, attracted me to that idea of a very authoritative and aggressive version of Conservative politics.

John Bercow

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Gains achieved at great cost against our enemy in Afghanistan are reversible.

Jim Mattis

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Once in a while, the universe lets you be free alone and in peace.

John M. Grunsfeld

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People who are more isolated than they want to be from others find that they are less happy, their health declines earlier in midlife, their brain functioning declines sooner, and they live shorter lives than people who are not lonely.

Robert J. Waldinger

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Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

Tom Peters

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The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

Robert Frost

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I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn't work I can go back to what I know's already there.

Robert Carlyle

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First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist in 'True Lies.' Then you have stuff that takes place on culturally specific terrain, that engages with it, but actually subverts assumptions. 'Smashes' stereotypes. That's where I've come into the game.

Riz Ahmed

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We draft mostly high school kids and we have one of the finest, if not the finest, player development programs and coaching staffs and we teach our players the right way to play. We also have a game plan in scouting, and there are certain types of players that we look for.

Roy Clark

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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Michel de Montaigne

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As soon as someone is coming from New York, I automatically think I have to get dressed up.

Susan Isaacs

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I think that just sitting down and having casual conversation is the hardest stuff to do. But the extremes? I know what it feels like to come racing around the corner at 90 miles an hour, sliding the car sideways. I know what gear I'm hitting it in when I'm coming around the corner and where I need to downshift. So to me, that's the fun stuff.

Paul Walker

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'Heroes' was a huge show with 12 cast members and giant special effects.

Sendhil Ramamurthy

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