Diane Abbott Quotes

My father was a manual worker.

Diane Abbott

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Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a future? I must say it's on the way out.

John Updike

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I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

Amy Smart

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It might sound strange to describe New Yorkers as insecure when they delight so much in the cult of success. The display of wealth here, especially new wealth, is indeed wonderfully frank, from the super-long limousines which clog up the roads to the voluptuous fur coats that adorn both men and women.

Amanda Foreman

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Some members of both Houses have, it is true, been removed from their employments under the Crown; but were they ever told, either by me or by any other of his majesty's servants, that it was for opposing the measures of the administration in Parliament?

Robert Walpole

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No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

Mary Kay Ash

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Ever since I was a child, I was fascinated by show business, the theater.

Milos Forman

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I'm from the burbs. I've been in the hood, but I don't live there. I have lived in the hood, but I don't live there anymore. I lived in Harlem, and that was crazy, even though Harlem is a lot nicer than it used to be.

Jay Pharoah

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My interviews are very pointed. I'm an active participant; I will kindly interrupt people. But I've learned there is nothing people won't tell you if you ask in a compassionate and legitimately interested way.

Brandon Stanton

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I just take it one fight at a time. If I'm able to fight, and I'm still healthy enough, I'd like to fight. But I'll know when it's time to stop.

Brock Lesnar

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Everyone's going to die, and everyone's going to get sick at some point. But I do believe that there are choices you can make in life that will make you as healthy as possible.

Anne Wojcicki

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None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.

William Jennings Bryan

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I am a grizzly New Yorker.

Phoebe Robinson

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