Martin Jacques Quotes

The more expensive and/or exclusive a sport, the whiter it tends to be: the fact almost has the force of a law. That is the main reason why the Rugby World Cup, the Pacific islands excepted, was so desperately white, the Springboks included.

Martin Jacques

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Let's face it: the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned... but it sent millions of kids to prison, gave them felonies oftentimes when they had no violent crimes.

John Hickenlooper

WarFacePrisonDisasterMayWell

You can never tell what ships are worth.

Stavros Niarchos

WorthYouNeverTellShips

Each championship is unique and special.

Trish Stratus

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It was not just that Ross Macdonald taught us how to write; he did something much more, he taught us how to read, and how to think about life, and maybe, in some small, but mattering way, how to live.

Robert B. Parker

LifeLiveSmallThinkWayWrite

Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.

Roy Blount, Jr.

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There's nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you're meant to do. It's like falling in love.

Mike Nichols

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Second, we will give our fellow citizens the skills they need for the jobs of today and the careers of tomorrow. When it comes to the school your child will attend, every parent should have a choice, and every child should have a chance.

Mitt Romney

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I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me.

Johnny Ramone

MeSomeoneWantReactWayGoing

The Democrats just don't have a foreign policy that they're willing to defend, that they're willing to use to take down the president's. We're dealing with the power of suggestion here.

Chris Matthews

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I'm more interested in character than events. I've observed that about myself as a writer. I find events, even the most dramatic sort, not to be such fertile ground.

Alice McDermott

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Conflicts are not temporary interruptions: they are structural, socio-economic catastrophes, and funding must be allocated accordingly.

Peter Maurer

TemporaryMustSocio-EconomicFunding

When the dollar collapses, it's not doing it in a vacuum. If the dollar loses value, it's doing so relative to some other currency. So the purchasing power that we lose, somebody else gets.

Peter Schiff

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