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Charles Kennedy Quotes

Britain is a European power. We cannot change our geography. Our involvement in the politics of European cooperation is one of necessity. Our wealth and our security depend upon it.

Charles Kennedy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: british
Birth: November 25, 1959 - June 1, 2015

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Change Power Politics Security

When I started secondary school, it was assumed that the girls would do domestic science and the boys would do science, and I wasn't too happy with that.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Science School Happy Started Would

I'm constantly snatching my books out of the hands of precocious ten-year-olds who are simply too young to read them, despite parents insisting that dear Octavia has a reading age of 28. I remember trying to read 'In Cold Blood' at the age of twelve, and realising that just because you can read book doesn't mean you should.

Meg Rosoff

Age Parents Book Cold Reading Hands

Ultimately, Captchas are useless for spam because they're designed to tell you if someone is 'human' or not, but not whether something is spam or not.

Matt Mullenweg

Someone You Human Useless Tell Spam

People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.

Andy Stanley

Walk People Direction End Always Up

If you've never heard a piece of Mozart, then Mozart could sound scary or confusing, so it's all about learning.

Michael Arden

Learning You Never Sound Scary Then

I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.

Simon Pegg

Humor Think American Understanding

Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is, 'Oh, I'm on stage playing a song,' because you're daydreaming about something else, you're on autopilot. You have to fight that.

Trent Reznor

Fight Song You Sometimes Worst

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.

Martin Scorsese

Audience Film Making

Injuries are not only a physical question, which is the most important thing, of course, but also a question of your mind. If you're thinking: 'I'm not going to make it', 'I can't cope', 'it hurts', 'it's never going to get better', then it won't.

Luis Suarez

Mind Thinking Better Injuries You

I do think we have a long way to go in terms of the culture around women still being career women, and asking a woman about her career and her work, just seeing them as fully validated human beings in the workplace.

Corin Tucker

Work Women Culture Woman Think Long

The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.

Bob Edwards

Crazy Radio Just About Pal

If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force.

Auberon Herbert

Sacrifice Effort Influence Bad Force