Martin Jacques Quotes

One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new liberal language, it has adopted the age-old default mode of British foreign policy, namely military intervention.

Martin Jacques

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You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way. I don't even know how you approach the process of conceiving the characters if in a sense you hated them. It's just absurd.

Joel Coen

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If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global economy.

John Gerzema

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It is almost always the case that when someone self-radicalizes, someone close to them sees the sign, which is why we continue to encourage public awareness, public vigilance.

Jeh Johnson

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My God, must I always wear a low-cut dress to be important?

Jean Harlow

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Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.

Simon Van Booy

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I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director. 'Poet' covers it all for me.

Tony Harrison

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Sometimes people are looking for, 'What's the next Tesla car? What's this really cool, super-specific thing that people are going to want?' But I try to be just like a Ford truck. They sell a lot more Ford trucks than they do Tesla cars.

Luke Combs

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At one point, I was seriously considering playing Huck Finn in a production in Northern Maine in the dead of winter.

David Walton

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I had the feeling every time I was on a plane everyone was going to die. It was a horrible phobia. A stupid one.

Christine McVie

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I have three kids and a wife, and any moments that aren't dedicated to working on this film in some way, or family, are immediately reserved for sleep.

Brad Bird

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Well, uh, all people - all, I think all human begins, uh, have good attributes, and they also have their flaws.

Scott McClellan

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Twitter seems like a busman's holiday: just more writing. I have no plans to do it. I'll just stick with my 24/7 webcam. I'm old-fashioned that way.

Tina Fey

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