The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.
Rudyard Kipling
Recitation: by Male by Female
Social injustice is what puts Scotland at its greatest disadvantage, and restoring the 50p tax rate will start to fight that.
Johann Lamont
FightStartInjusticeTaxWill
For me, at least, all of my career goals, all of my focus, everything just shifted and the importance was my children, and that's where all the joy came from as well.
Steve Carell
GoalsChildrenFocusJoyMeCareer
I never read. I've never read one book... I just can't do it. Something's wrong with me. I have what they call now is 'ADD,' like I'll read and all of a sudden I'll be thinking about shopping or... I'm not there. I drift off. I get crazy, so I don't even bother.
Steve Jones
MeCrazyShoppingBookThinkingNow
I have been threatened occasionally. But that happens to everybody who is writing this kind of things. Threats will come without fail. It might happen to the most 'innocent' texts. If it gets too much we call the police.
Stieg Larsson
PoliceWritingToo MuchInnocent
Being on a horse is one of my most natural places to be.
Sinbad
HorsePlacesNaturalBeingMost
Every time I go onstage, it's a little less 'Chris Rock's brother.'
Tony Rock
TimeBrotherGoRockLittleEvery
On bikeback, there is a delightful sense of self-direction and autonomy. Lately, I have taken to cycling slowly, more fun than the fast, competitive commuter cycling I used to do. No longer do I jump lights or attempt that irritating wobbling thing that semi-professional cyclists like to indulge in.
Tom Hodgkinson
FunFastJumpLightsMoreUsed
On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.
Robert Browning
BrokenPerfectHeavenEarthRound
Most people don't really need to hear a six-minute guitar solo that modulates between five keys and time signatures. What they want is a good song.
Rivers Cuomo
GoodTimePeopleSongGuitarWant
Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.
Mikhail Kalashnikov
SimpleWantReliableArmsUseAlso
I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.
Martina Hingis
PeopleSayingChanceBetterPlay
I was a federal prosecutor when we exercised powers under the Patriot Act or under the FISA court.
Michael McCaul
PatriotActProsecutorCourtPowers
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