Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes

We understand that in an open and democratic and free society, you cannot make yourself impenetrable, especially when there are more guns than there are people in the United States today.

Eleanor Holmes Norton

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It's always been hard work for us to manufacture in the U.K. It's not a particularly profitable place for us.

Jim Ratcliffe

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Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

John Galsworthy

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In the 40 or so years I've known David Puttnam, not only has he pursued an outstanding career in films and now politics, but he has been the keeper of the flame of the British film industry.

Melvyn Bragg

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I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art.

Sia

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'Batman' readers are the smartest readers in the world. I don't have to hold their hands.

Tom King

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I grew up in a city. My parents would think there was something wrong with America if they knew I was secretary of agriculture.

Tom Vilsack

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Camels are still trained in Alice Springs for tourist jaunts and for occasional sale to Australia's zoos.

Robyn Davidson

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When you make music, you're in really direct contact with your fans out there, so you hear all kinds of stories.

Jared Leto

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Photography belongs to a fraternity of its own. I was young and enthusiastic and wanted to take good pictures to show the other photographers. That, and the professional pride of convincing an editor that I was the man to go somewhere, were the most important things to me.

Don McCullin

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There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary.

Christopher Walken

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We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.

Sean Lennon

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At the end of the day, the markets are my passion.

Rick Santelli

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