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Nigel Lawson Quotes

The NHS is the closest thing the English have to a religion.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: british
Birth: March 11, 1932

Topics

Religion English NHS Closest Thing

I always wanted to write for children. When I was growing up, we were really poor. My mother had left, and it was all a mess. So I lived in my head a lot, and I would get lots of books for Christmas - from librarians and teachers - and they just fed my imagination.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Mother Children Imagination Growing

Looking back, when I was Gollum, I suppose I did break the mold to a certain extent. I'm proud, and very thrilled, to be a part of that.

Looking Back Looking Proud Back Mold

In sixth grade, I went to a very good private school, and I did learn there. I learned how to read and write. If I had quit school in sixth grade, I would know as much as I know today and would have made one more movie. By the time I got to college, I was so bored and angry.

Good Today Time School Angry Learn

If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. You can't squander things, or you jeopardize other people.

Business Discipline People Reality

Senator McConnell is by all accounts a decent person. He's pretty conservative, too.

Person Conservative Pretty Decent He

Whenever I was planning a trip or a holiday, flights and hotels were easy. But when it comes to the stuff you want to do when you get there, working that out was really hard.

Planning Easy You Holiday Want Hard

Ultimately, I ended up playing for three NFL teams. That's something I'm proud of, just to get to that level.

Proud Three Up Playing Something

It's the first time I have returned to my roots - like going back to be a trio. The fans really wanted me to go back on stage and do the Supremes music, so I went about trying to make it happen. We'll go on tour in the summer.

Music Time Me Roots Make It Happen

After I quit dancing, for a while it felt strange not to be in pain. It was as if an old friend - not a good friend, but a presence, always tagging along - had left me.

Alicia Vikander

Good Friend Pain Me Quit Strange

Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.

Group Capable Dolphins Social Close

I first came to Abbey Road Studios in 1994. I scored 'Little Women' there. What I remember most about it was how hard it was to come to London from Los Angeles and conduct when you're jetlagged.

Women Road Remember You Los Angeles

When great powers fade, as they inevitably must, it's normally for one of two reasons. Some powers exhaust themselves through overreach abroad, underinvestment at home, or a mixture of the two. This was the case for the Soviet Union. Other powers lose their privileged position with the emergence of new, stronger powers.

Richard N. Haass

Home Great Stronger Lose New Fade

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