Jacob Rees-Mogg Quotes

It is easy to defend the right of people to do things that fit in with the cultural norms of the majority. This includes practices that give personal pleasure but may be harmful, such as smoking or drinking. It is harder to argue for minority activities, especially those which stand out and may be obviously unsuitable in certain contexts.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

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PeopleStandSmokingEasyPersonal

I met some fans who said, 'Please start Twittering!' They even walked me through it, but I'm terrible at it. I'm so bad at keeping it up. I forget how to use it. And I'm not very savvy: I try to send a private message, and it goes out to everybody.

Jim Parrack

MeStartBadSaidForgetTry

I haven't read a lot of science fiction, and I never intend to write it; it seems to happen a little bit inadvertently for me, in that I'm trying to follow people into points in their lives that demand that I investigate the future.

Jennifer Egan

FutureSciencePeopleMeTrying

We can create a new kind of politics: kinder, more respectful, but courageous, too.

Jeremy Corbyn

PoliticsCreateNewKindMoreToo

There was a line call that didn't look so great. I went ballistic. Called the umpire a jerk. Whacked a ball into the stands. Then smacked a soda can with my racket, and got soda all over the King of Sweden, who was sitting in the front row.

John McEnroe

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Republicans do not believe in identity politics.

Jeff Sessions

PoliticsIdentityBelieveRepublicans

As a novelist, you deepen your characters as you go, adding layers. As a reporter, you try to peel layers away: observing subjects enough to get beneath the surface, re-questioning a source to find the facts. But these processes aren't so different.

Amy Waldman

FactsEnoughYouFindGoTry

One of my favorite things to do, when the ghost light is on and it's just an empty stage - I'll let my shadow spread right across the theater, and I just say to myself, 'For the next few hours, these folks are my responsibility. I get to share in something that is unique.' It's like church.

Sterling K. Brown

LightMyselfResponsibilityShadow

Abortion is a question of choice.

Robert Casey

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I'm very uncomfortable, mainly with my belly.

Ronaldo

UncomfortableBellyVeryMainly

Charter's merger sales pitch is pretty straightforward: it argues that it has always been too small to bully Internet companies, TV makers, and its own customers, so it has'un-cable' practices they hope to extend.

Marvin Ammori

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Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution.

Judith Martin

SmallMoralityGloryContribution

It's the only time that I'm ever nervous on stage, is when we're doing live TV. Especially an awards show, because I know you can't fix it.

Jason Aldean

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