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Jonathan Powell Quotes

Terrorism seems to be the ugly twin of democracy. We need to learn to live with it because we are vulnerable to it.

Jonathan Powell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: diplomat
Nationality: british
Birth: August 14, 1956

Topics

Live Ugly Democracy Learn Terrorism

When a gently born spinster has little money, her choices are few. She might receive an offer of marriage, but it's unlikely to be from a wealthy man, so she'll have a hard life trying to make ends meet for her growing family.

Life Family Marriage Money Man Born

I grew up singing in a church choir.

Singing Church Choir Up Grew

The last time I saw Dad alive, he was in the hospital. He was watching 'Hell Drivers,' a crummy B-movie about truckers, on TV and reading the 'Daily Record.' This seems scarcely believable, but I actually said, 'Dad, you've not got long to go - don't you think you should be imbibing the culture a bit more?'

Daily Time Culture Reading Think

Much of what I make is geometric, and has a kind of almost mathematical logic to the form.

Logic Kind Make Almost Much Form

Britain has enormous amount of talent, as we've seen from the BAFTAs. It's all here, and it has to be allowed to flourish.

Talent Flourish Seen Here Allowed

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made.

I Am People Find Try Out Etiquette

When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors.

Stephen Sondheim

Writing Start You Know Way Well

By the time the 2008 election arrived, we had finally won the Iraq War, or we were on the road to winning it. We won starting in the summer of 2007 going into late 2011.

Time War Winning Road Late Election

If your goal is to destroy ISIS, there needs to be a ground force. It could be American or foreign.

American Goal Ground Force Destroy

I don't 'support the troops' or any of those other hollow and hypocritical platitudes uttered by Republicans and frightened Democrats. Here's what I do support: I support them coming home. I support them being treated well.

Home Support Coming Home Democrats

There is no religion that was founded on intolerance - and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Life Religion Value Human Human Life

Three 6 Mafia have been around for a long time; we've made a lot of music. Anybody's music can influence anybody. I've heard people say that our music has influenced such and such, and it could be true, and it could not.

Music Time People Influence Be True

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