"It is a ludicrous statistic plucked out of the air and used to justify a quite appalling attack on many of the poorest people in this country."

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Source : House of Commons, Oral Answers to Questions: International Development, www.publications.parliament.uk. July 8, 2015.

#Country Quotes #Air Quotes #People Quotes

“The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion.”

Source : Quoted in James Creelman, On the Great Highway: The Wanderings and Adventures of a Special Correspondent (1901)
“I wanted to hit him. I wanted to hold him. I wanted to shout myself into his ear.”
“The trust, confidence, and support given to us by our chain of command, and the tenacity of the great noncommissioned officers of the past, have laid the foundation and developed our quality corporals and sergeants.”
“He's a novice - he should keep his opinions to Japanese football”
“When itâ€™s too good, you do it over again. Too good is too easy. If itâ€™s too easy you have to worry. If youâ€™re not lying awake at night worrying about it, the reader isnâ€™t going to, either. I always know that when I get a good nightâ€™s sleep, the next day Iâ€™m not going to get any work done. Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. Itâ€™s not all inspirational.”
“The man in between waits between the two, not hearing the lie and not seeing the true. Unknowing what is and denying what seems, and there he will sleep, the man in between.”
“Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.”
“It's a privilege to be able to have an idea and go into a group of executives and say, "I really want to write about this, and I really am interested in this," and for them to say, "Yes," and give you the money to make it.”

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