"Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong."

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Source : "Ed Miliband: Labour's catastrophic loss of trust over Iraq" by Patrick Wintour and Allegra Stratton, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2010.

Ed Balls

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“America breeds ambition and while that can be a good thing, sometimes it's not. Ambition also breeds competition and that can be a very bad thing. People become chronically preoccupied with competing and don't know when to stop. It can become unhealthy.”
“I like music because... its expressive, you can convey whatever you're thinking through a song. And it's the best respite for me anyway to do it through music. So I like music because you can express and let your soul out through it.”
“Everything I make is with intention. I'm not very haphazard with my artist work, although I wish I was sometimes. I'm very conscious of the conversations I'm pushing about different threads and themes around landscape and characters that exist - how it's pictured, who's pictured it, who's owned it and who's been able to inhabit certain spaces. I have other interests as well. I'm really obsessed now with going to gay male dance clubs. I find those thrilling. I'm interested in what future characters can come.”
“The dominant and most deep-dyed trait of the journalist is his timorousness. Where the novelist fearlessly plunges into the water of self-exposure, the journalist stands trembling on the shore in his beach robe. The journalist confines himself to the clean, gentlemanly work of exposing the grieves and shames of others.”
“I would have to say the most challenging thing about directing is the sheer stamina because... as a director, you're always doing something. Someone always needs to talk to you. There are always decisions to be made and every day for as long as the movie goes on. So it's a marathon... You don't have to look nice, but it's all day every day.”
“Daylight reveals color; artificial light drains it.”
“But the more insidious enemies of religion recognize but deplore religion's remarkable influence in the world order.”

Source : Jacob Neusner (1991). “The Twentieth Century Construction of "Judaism": Essays on the Religion of Torah in the History of Religion”, University of South Florida
“I figured I'd discuss my views outside of partying. I went a bit deeper, and the music is a bit more mature.”

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