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My father was MD of Unilever, so we followed him around the world.
To know a man's library is, in some measure, to know a man's mind.
Terrorism': the word that means nothing, yet justifies everything.
In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
Human progress is furthered, not by conformity, but by aberration.
Religion is a conceited effort to deny the most obvious realities.
The martini: the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet.
When a husband's story is believed, he begins to suspect his wife.
I sometimes worry about my short attention span, but not for long.
The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.
I mean, we do believe in due process in America. I thought we did.
On my tombstone they will carve, "IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.
There may be flies on you and me, but there are no flies on Jesus.
You give Italy Jesus Christ and you get the Roman Catholic Church.
You'll understand when you've forgotten what you understood before
Knowledge of the world means dissolving the solidity of the world.
Photography has a meaning only if it exhausts all possible images.
At times the mirror increases a thing’s value, at times denies it.
Futures not achieved are only branches of the past: dead branches.
I don't really get nervous anymore unless there's a big interview.
Using animals for entertainment is big business, plain and simple.
In my experience of vegan food it tends to be a symphony of beige.
The only sane response to change is to find the opportunity in it.
Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.
If you go to the ball game, you don't need to read the game story.
Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.
I'm on my high school football team and MUST show how much I know.
Every fool in error can find a passage of scripture to back him up
Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.
The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire.
You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter.
Capable, generous men do not create victims, they nurture victims.
Two-thirds of my energies go in trying to save one-third for work.
If you Google 'regret and tattoo,' you will get 11.5 million hits.
We've got to stop thinking everybody who is Muslim is a terrorist.
This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.
One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.
Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.
The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.
The Republican Party, right now, is a conservative populist party.
In money matters no relationship counts; money hardens all hearts.
Small wars are always teetering on the brink of becoming big ones.
I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation.
When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it.
Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.
Flesh goes on pleasuring us, and humiliating us, right to the end.
Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.
Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.
The soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth.
Gordon Ramsay makes me laugh because he knows that I'm not a chef.