Howard Jacobson Quotes

'Legality' is a mad phrase to use when it comes to the founding of nations. Australia was founded on illegality. For the Americans to go in and dispossess the American Indians was illegal.

Howard Jacobson

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You know the bark is worse than the bite in D.C.

John Ensign

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A smile is the universal welcome.

Max Eastman

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Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.

Tony Abbott

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I used to feel that I had to be dictatorial in order to be respected, but after I did a couple of TV movies, I began to see that authority came with the job. So I began to relax and let more people into the process, and my work really improved.

Ron Howard

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My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday.

Molly Sims

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If you don't have the love and support of your family, you need to find someone out there who you can confide in and share your concerns and worries with. And someone who can lift your spirits and make you feel valuable and strong and powerful.

Jazz Jennings

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I grew up in a very celebratory town. We celebrate everything, from life to death and everything in between. So a lot of dramatics come into my aesthetic. And I'm an actor, so that adds more to the dramatic - I don't mean over-the-top. The main thing is never to be boring.

Bryan Batt

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My sons have such a deep access to my heart.

Austin Peck

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I don't really watch TV.

Tyler Cowen

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I really like Rosamund Pike very much.

Richard LaGravenese

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To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.

Nina Simone

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The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries from Somalia to South Sudan, conducted airstrikes and abduction missions, even put boots on the ground in countries where it pledged it would not.

Nick Turse

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