Simon Mawer Quotes

Guernsey itself was overcrowded, but its cliffs were utterly empty. I spent a wonderful year with a friend, climbing them. It was sheer magic: you went from this pretty, busy village of an island to the sea cliffs and heard nothing but the gulls and the waves.

Simon Mawer

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Make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You push for colour-blind casting; you draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are, not what colour your parents happen to be.

Meghan Markle

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I am convinced the prophets of doom have to be taken seriously.

Maurice Strong

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Making promises and then saddling yourself with a political system and a political union that means that you cannot deliver those promises, I fear, doesn't contribute to an atmosphere of trust and confidence in politics.

Michael Gove

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Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.

John Ralston Saul

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What you realize hanging out with investigative reporters is that, while they may be personally liberal, they don't let that get in the way of a good story.

Steve Bannon

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I would not rule out going to Israel because I disapprove of the foreign policy any more than I would refuse to play in the UK because I disapprove of Tony Blair's foreign policy.

Roger Waters

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I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.

Michael Newdow

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Young bands are so angry. There are young bands that are so incredibly successful, getting incredible reviews, and they are totally angry.

Lou Barlow

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Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.

Judith Martin

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In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn't perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.

Chinua Achebe

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Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

Chuck Norris

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The people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard least - except, of course, on Election Day.

Bret Stephens

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