Niall Ferguson Quotes

The rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ.

Niall Ferguson

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When I was a kid, I used to see apparitions and have hallucinations, and my entire perception of the world was badly disoriented. And I had kind of a chaotic childhood because of that. I've really hung onto it, though. Because I actually like those feelings.

Jim Woodring

ChildhoodWorldPerceptionFeelings

I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.

Joan Collins

LifeMyselfHappyBlessedMy Life

Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.

John Bercow

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The third group is focused on counterintelligence and security. I think the reason for that is fairly evident, in terms of vulnerabilities of the department and the harm that can come to it by failing to detect when we have, in fact, been harmed.

Stephen Cambone

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Victor Saville was bad news because he wanted money just to do one big picture.

Mickey Spillane

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There's not many jobs that I would put my body on the line for.

Michael Socha

BodyLineWouldManyJobsPut

In fiction, you learn about pacing and how to build tension - which is something you want in a really good nonfiction feature article as well.

Monica Hesse

GoodLearnYouWantBuildFiction

It's a great experience. If you get a chance to run for president, do it.

Mitt Romney

GreatExperienceChanceYouRunGet

I like a good old-fashioned fistfight if people are pissed off at each other. I just feel like if you're really mad and want to have a fight, then put your dukes up.

Julia Roberts

GoodFightPeopleFeelYouMad

Second, we're spending a huge amount of money on technology so that everyone can check out laptops and portable phones. We're spending more money to write our existing information into databases or onto CD-ROM.

Jay Chiat

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TV's hard work. I don't know how the hell Angela Lansbury survived doing 'Murder, She Wrote' all those years. And sure, everyone wants to be Bruce Willis or George Clooney - they want to be in film for the range of characters you get to play.

Christopher Meloni

WorkHard WorkHellDoingYouPlay

Music is my hustle.

Pitbull

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