John Hume Quotes

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

John Hume

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OpportunityGratefulStartPolitical

If you know a lot about something and apply that information to a vote that matches your policy preferences, your opinion quality is high.

Jill Lepore

QualityOpinionYouInformationKnow

But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making.

John Shelton Reed

BelieveSayPoorOwnThingsStill

Why can't we, with a more intelligent policy, actually have houses that are affordable, built at higher densities than they are at the moment and built on brownfield sites.

John Prescott

MomentWhyIntelligentMorePolicy

My writing life is always a bit disorganized. It's hard for me to get going, but sometimes, once I begin, I go like the wind.

Sue Miller

LifeMeWindWritingGoSometimes

I have to say, the coolest person I ever met in my whole life is John Mellencamp. I never met a person who was more secure about himself and his person.

Steven Adler

LifePersonSayMoreNeverWhole

The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face, and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.

Tony Scott

LifeFearMorningFaithFaceLoss

In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution is a moral & political evil in any country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages.

Robert E. Lee

AgeEvilSlaveryBelievePolitical

Criticism is hypocrisy; society is hypocrisy. I'm a tourist. I'm a consumer. I do the things that I photograph and can be criticized of.

Martin Parr

SocietyCriticismHypocrisyThings

Even the best novelists are rarely congratulated on the quality of their observations about contemporary life.

Michelle Dean

LifeBestQualityEvenContemporary

I have sympathy for young people, for their growing pains, but I balk when these growing pains are pushed into the foreground, when you make these young people the only vehicles of life's wisdom.

Wislawa Szymborska

LifeWisdomPeopleSympathyYou

I believe change is the only constant in life, and there is a place and time for everything.

Tina Ambani

LifeChangeTimeBelievePlaceOnly

My father always taught me to never be quiet. That's the good thing about a Bengali household.

Mouni Roy

GoodFatherMeQuietNeverAlways

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