"Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot."

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Source : John Major (2013). “John Major: The Autobiography”, p.9, HarperCollins UK

John Major

#Regret Quotes #Voice Quotes #Feet Quotes

“Modernity is the ensemble of changes - intellectual, political, economic, social, cultural, technological, aesthetic - that have altered the world drastically since roughly the 17th century, until which time the world was, in the above respects, far less different from the world of any previous epoch of recorded history than it is from the world of today. The modern predicament is the set of problems these changes have bequeathed us.”

Source : Source: thenewinquiry.com
“God bless the potholes on Memory Lane.”
“The scientific excitement in comparing theory with data, and developing some understanding of global changes that are occurring, is what makes all the other stuff worth it.”
“I wish I was dating one of the ladies in 'Bollywood Hero.' They're gorgeous. Any of them.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've always viewed my career with some suspicion, like I don't want to count on it to be the only thing I do. Partly that has to do with feeling like an imposter, like we all do sometimes, and partly I like doing other things, and being a full-time artist takes a focus I recognise I don't have.”

Source : Source: www.independent.co.uk
“I mean, Robert Pattinson. No, Iâ€™m kidding, I shouldnâ€™t say that. Heâ€™s actually really nice. My neighbour works with him and said he was a great guy. I donâ€™t know to be honest, I donâ€™t really model myself after anybody. Youâ€™re always just trying to create opportunities and be ready when those opportunities present themselves. I canâ€™t look at anybody and think â€˜I want to be Damian Lewisâ€™ â€“ Iâ€™d be setting myself up for failure.”

Source : "BikeTiresDirect.com... Case Study in ‘Reverse E-Commerce,’ Sell then Buy" by Marc Ostrofsky, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2011.
“I want to be where your bare foot walks, because maybe before you step, you'll look at the ground. I want that blessing”
“Itâ€™s not what you do some of the time that counts, itâ€™s what you do all of the time that counts.”

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