Tony Benn Quotes

Someone comes every morning at nine o'clock to see if I am still alive. I do get lonely, yes, but I have the children who come and see me. I see all my children every week, and there are the grandchildren, too.

Tony Benn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 3, 1925 - March 14, 2014

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You can do good work simply staying up all night and eating nothing but junk food, but probably not in the long term.

John Mulaney

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I understand the process of politics and the game of television.

John Sununu

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In New York, appearance is a form of currency or, at the very least, a calling card. One must look wealthy in order to be recognised as a person of worth.

Amanda Foreman

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I wanted to be the most famous. And it wasn't until I hung out with Justin Bieber that the whole thing got demystified. The mystique of it was gone.

Mike Posner

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War can really cause no economic boom, at least not directly, since an increase in wealth never does result from destruction of goods.

Ludwig von Mises

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I grew up in Berkeley and my parents were hippies, obviously, since my name's 'Jorma.' I didn't watch much television growing up because they weren't into it at all.

Jorma Taccone

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If you're in the UFC, you're one of the baddest dudes around.

Donald Cerrone

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We always seem to be a bit surprised that our children are reflecting stuff that we are showing them. I don't know about you, but every movie that I saw when I was a kid, I emulated. I was Haley Mills for an entire summer and had an English accent.

Cheryl Ladd

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Russia isn't going to start a war. They can't afford it. I think Mr. Putin can be dealt with if we stop screaming at him. You can work with the guy. You just have to know who he is.

Colin Powell

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This was the wonder of advertising; the complete absence of cynicism. It may have many mansions, but it has no room for Doubting Thomases.

Clive Sinclair

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All the music I loved as a child, people thought it was junk. People were unaware of the subtext in so many of those records, but if you were a kid, you were just completely tuned in, even though you didn't always say - you wouldn't dare say it was beautiful.

Bruce Springsteen

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Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.

William McKinley

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