James Buchan Quotes

The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britain's belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago.

James Buchan

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I have always been a huge fan of gymnastics.

Melissa Rauch

AlwaysBeenFanGymnasticsHuge Fan

Disaster, to me, means in some big or small way, things going wrong. And that's obviously a matter of perception, right? Let's say your puppy chewed up all the shoes in your house. She probably had a fine time doing that. In her mind, a red letter day, the highlight of her puppy life.

Amy Gerstler

LifeTimeShoesDayRedMind

It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning.

Stanley Tucci

HistoryResearchInterestingYouGet

Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the Industrial Revolution. Was it any better in the time of Charles Kingsley or Charles Dickens?

Robert Winston

ChildrenTimeChildhoodBetterDead

Space doesn't offer an escape from Earth's problems. And even with nuclear fuel, the transit time to nearby stars exceeds a human lifetime. Interstellar travel is therefore, in my view, an enterprise for post-humans, evolved from our species not via natural selection, but by design.

Martin Rees

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Comedy is so subjective. If you trip and fall down, some people will laugh, and some people will say, 'Oh, physical comedy is so pedestrian.' Some people look at Three Stooges as lowbrow; some people consider them artists. No one is wrong. It's just a personal take.

Martin Short

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Being unemployed has so many real and palpable ramifications but there are also psychological side effects which you can only understand if you've truly lived through it.

Mika Brzezinski

YouUnderstandRealSideLivedOnly

Be it understood you are never rich when you get no advantage from it.

Jules Verne

RichYouNeverGetUnderstood

I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge.

Joseph Fiennes

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Today, and I'm very strongly against tax increases.

Donald Trump

TodayTaxAgainstVeryIncreases

You used to have to own a radio tower or television tower or printing press. Now all you have to have is access to an Internet cafe or a public library, and you can put your thoughts out in public.

Clay Shirky

ThoughtsLibraryInternetYouNow

I'm always changing my style.

Cliff Chiang

StyleAlwaysChanging

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