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One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system. Nick Clegg
William Shakespeare quote: "How is it that the clouds still hang on you?"
How is it that the clouds still hang on you? William Shakespeare
You were difficult enough to catch? Faste said. Salander gave him a long look, satisfied herself that he was an idiot, and decided that she would not waste too many seconds concerning herself with his existence. Steig Larsson
It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from Afghanistan, whether it's now or years from now, we'll have an incendiary situation. Should we stay and play traffic cop? I don't think that serves our strategic interests. Jon Huntsman, Jr.
John Legend quote: "I played classical as a kid."
I played classical as a kid. John Legend
Oh, that's just great. I come all the way back here, risking major brain cell burnout, and you don't even believe me? I'm basically guaranteeing myself a lifetime of heartbreak, and all you have to say is that you think I'm not right in the head? Meg Cabot
'The Movie' is something that I made with some friends of mine in L.A. My friend, Luke Eberl, is the filmmaker. He shot this movie and asked a bunch of his friends to be involved with it. I just saw him the other day and there is no money to finish the film. But, you know, I literally have a cameo in it. Olivia Thirlby
When you think about where are you going to find that big love of your life, you seldom think it's someone you already know. You think it's someone you're yet to meet. Bruce Willis
Plutarch quote: "Character is long-standing habit."
Character is long-standing habit. Plutarch
Joan Didion quote: "Water is important to people who do not have it, and the same..."
Water is important to people who do not have it, and the same is true of control. Joan Didion
Dalton Trumbo quote: "If I were dead and buried And I heard your voice, Beneath the..."
If I were dead and buried And I heard your voice, Beneath the sod My heart of dust Would still rejoice. Dalton Trumbo
Dwight D. Eisenhower quote: "All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one."
All generalizations are inaccurate, including this one. Dwight D. Eisenhower
We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said." Love is the only rational act. Morrie Schwartz
Of all the islands he'd visited, two stood out. The island of the past, he said, where the only time was past time and the inhabitants were bored and more or less happy, but where the weight of illusion was so great that the island sank a little deeper into the river every day. And the island of the future, where the only time was the future, and the inhabitants were planners and strivers, such strivers, said Ulises, that they were likely to end up devouring one another. Roberto Bolano
every choice has its obverse, that is to say a renunciation, and so there is no difference between the act of choosing and the act of renouncing Italo Calvino