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I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics. David Miliband
british-scientist europe kept mind open whether
I kept an open mind on the question of whether a hominid had been present in Europe in the early Pleistocene. Louis Leakey
british-scientist early felt found time tools
I felt that in time simple stone tools would be found in early Pleistocene in England.
british-scientist mary overall
At Olduvai, for 20 years, Mary and I had investigated and made a general survey of the overall geology.
british-scientist examined
I have examined the stomach contents of seven aardvarks.
british-actor irrelevant whatever
It's a question of why they come for your advice. Whatever I tell you, it doesn't matter, it is completely irrelevant in a way. I know so many actors who were discouraged and put that aside. You will get half-baked opinions. Michael York
british families innocent iraqis judge people soldiers totally
The people who will be his judge is not God, it will be the families of the bereaved British soldiers and it will be the families of the bereaved innocent Iraqis who have all been slaughtered in this totally unnecessary conflict. Reg Keys
british cross house people section
The people who go into that house are a cross section of British culture. They're not freaks. Davina McCall
british cement continued contract energy enter field investment leadership maximum nuclear pleased return secure
We are pleased to be able to enter into a contract that will secure the maximum return on the British taxpayers' investment and cement the continued leadership of Westinghouse in the nuclear energy field through the stewardship of the Toshiba Corporation.
jobs words-of-wisdom deception
"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones." Charles Dickens
jobs character air
"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."
jobs reading years
I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead! Charles Stross
jobs reading writing
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job.
jobs moving careers
It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other than what they really are. Alan Watts
jobs film hard
Film-making is a physically hard job. Alan Parker
jobs asking way
I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available. Alan Patricof
jobs two together
One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right. Alan Rickman
jobs home feet
I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.
ministers caught prime
Resignations are for Prime Ministers and those caught with their trousers down, not for me. Brian Clough
minister next prime seems start
Some day he may be the next prime minister of Iraq, so it seems to me you want to start a relationship,
minister prime serious stable
The Prime Minister is still in a serious but stable condition.
minister prime
I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician. Bel Powley
minister
I want to become foreign minister of India one day and then President of India. Farooq Abdullah
ministers
One of Ed Miliband's shadow ministers has said he would never vote for the renewal of Trident. Nicola Sturgeon
minister people prime private quite sold understand
When the prime minister sold his shares, people didn't understand it was a private matter. We were quite off-message at first.
ministers
If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches?
minister ought paid particular represent special work
In the community, in the African-American community, one person ought to say something, and that is the minister. The minister is paid by the people. He doesn't work for a big company. He doesn't represent a particular special interest.
politics fervent
Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists. Alan Bradley
politics heroines palin
[Sarah] Palin is solidifying her status as a bona fide American cultural heroine. Camille Paglia
politics welfare economy
We must recognize that personal freedoms diminish as the welfare state grows. The price of more and more public programs is less and less private freedom. Caspar Weinberger
politics bureaucracy dies
Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die. Charley Reese
politics world speak
Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth. Charles Krauthammer
politics servant civil-servants
I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates. Billy Joel
politics requirements firsts
The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. Dean Acheson
politics natural economy
Labour, like all other things which are purchased and sold... has its natural and its market price. David Ricardo
politics firsts appearance
Of all sciences there is none where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics. David Hume
prime
Where is our prime minister? All that can be said is that he is out there somewhere.
prime problem
We have no problem with the prime minister's offer. Abhisit Vejjajiva
prime senility
I am in the prime of senility. Benjamin Franklin
prime ministers objectives
If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing. Brian Mulroney
prime responsibility
Every prime minister ... has the responsibility to provide security for his people. Ehud Olmert
prime teacher
I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm. Chang-Rae Lee
prime responsibility
I don't disown our responsibility and my responsibility as Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi
prime ministers treaties
If Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister at the time, there would have been no Treaty of Maastricht. Douglas Hurd
prime women
Women can do a lot of things when they have to, and she was a prime example.
running men roots
It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old. Charles Caleb Colton
running vices common
When all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so.
running moving views
When all moves equally (says Pascal), nothing seems to move as in a vessel under sail; and when all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so. He that stops first, views as from a fixed point the horrible extravagance that transports the rest.
running men hands
Some men are very entertaining for a first interview, but after that they are exhausted, and run out; on a second meeting we shall find them flat and monotonous; like hand-organs, we have heard all their tunes.
running eye two
He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two.
running pain boys
I took a good deal o' pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was very young, and shift for hisself. It's the only way to make a boy sharp, sir.
running church-bells religion
Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell. Charles Studd
running europe usa
My gut feeling is that SF as we know it today is actually a heavily propagandized field that grew out of a specific set of cultural trends running in the USA and Europe between 1918 and 1950, during the post-imperial modernization period.
running wall real
Humans are not as unsophisticated as mulch wrigglers, they can see the writing on the wall. Is it any surprise, that among the ones who look outward, the real debate is not over whether to run, but over how far and how fast?