Linda Colley Quotes

For good or for ill, Britain is in some respects moving away from a prime-ministerial system towards a presidential one. This is emphatically not, as is sometimes argued, simply a function of Tony Blair's personal ambition. The shift towards a more presidential style was already visible under Margaret Thatcher.

Linda Colley

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I do like a healthy dose of adrenalin, but my character is more rounded. I am not timid; I like excitement.

John Caudwell

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I love England. I live and work here. My children have grown up here. I see no conflict between this and praying that my countrymen in Scotland never have to live another day under Conservative rule from London.

John Niven

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It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.

Maureen Dowd

FearMeWriteAdrenalineMakeTakes

I love working. It's one of the real thrills of my life.

Meredith Salenger

LifeLoveMy LifeRealWorking

I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it's not where it begins and ends.

Amy Winehouse

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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration.

Sri Aurobindo

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Wherever I go, people want to come and meet me. At times, I feel a bit suffocated too, as I am unable to be normal and myself.

Shilpa Shinde

MyselfI AmPeopleMeFeelMeet

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

Michelle Obama

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Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

Louis D. Brandeis

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I think a lot of people see fashion as a feminine art form and use that as an excuse to dismiss it. Highlighting it can be a way of affirming that women's interests are of value.

Lisa Hanawalt

WomenArtValuePeopleFashionWay

A computer doesn't have a mind of its own - it needs someone else's to function.

Jason Fried

MindSomeoneOwnFunctionComputer

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.

Dorothy Hamill

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