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He was simply not a “hero”, which is to say, he did not let his relationship with the man be determined by the woman.

Relationship Man Determined by The woman
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There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent people for political reasons.

Moral difference Stealth bomber Suicide bomber Kill innocent
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Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.

Most things In life Pleasure Embarrassment
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Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that.

Making mistakes Part Life Feel ashamed
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All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

All war Represent Failure Diplomacy
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A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.

Faith Something Die for Doctrine
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We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.

Just here Manage Capitalism Change society
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My day rotates around my family. I am very lucky.

My day Rotates around My family Very lucky
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I'm not frightened about death. I don't know why, but I just feel that at a certain moment your switch is switched off, and that's it. And you can't do anything about it.

Not frightened About death Certain moment Switched off
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I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralize them.

Two ways People Are controlled Frighten
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I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

See myself Old man Unqualified teacher Important thing
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An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.

An educated Healthy Confident nation Harder
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I believe the more difficult the circumstances, the more people will be inclined to trust those in charge at the moment.

I believe More difficult Circumstances People
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If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.

Can find Money Kill people Help
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I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.

Made Every mistakes How You learn
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You have to try to build support around causes. It is uniting to campaign on a single issue, and it is never just a single issue; it's always more than that.

You have Build support Around causes Uniting
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If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child

Rescued Child From drowning Headline
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The crisis that we inherit when we come to power will be the occasion for fundamental change and not the excuse for postponing it

The crisis Power Occasion Fundamental change
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Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution

Through talk Tamed kings Restrained tyrants Averted revolution
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I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world,because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.

Democracy Most revolutionary thing World Have power
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The peace movement here is the biggest thing in human history.

Peace movement Biggest thing Human history
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Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself.
Hope Fuel Progress Fear
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I think to understand how the democratic process works is the most important thing, so people don't get frightened by it, and get put off, and give up.

Think Understand Democratic process Works
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The one thing that is absolutely essential is that there shouldn't be any governmental control of the media directly or indirectly.

One thing Absolutely essential Any government Control
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Encouragement is the most important thing in the world for young people, rather than league tables, which demoralise everyone.

Encouragement Important thing Young people League table
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There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.

Final victory Final defeat Same battle Be fought
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If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

You carry Childhood Never Become older
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A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

Healthy attitude Contagious Wait A carrier
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Success is a sort of metaphysical experience. I live exactly as I did before - only on a slightly bigger scale. Naturally, I won't be corrupted. I'll sit there in my Rolls, uncorrupted, and tell my chauffeur, uncorruptedly, where to go.

Success Metaphysical experience Bigger scale
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It is no light matter to put in jeopardy a single life when it is the very singularity of each life which underpins the idea of a just society.

Light matter Jeopardy Single life Underpin
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Because theatre is a story-telling art form, we feel entitled to assume that the playwright got there before we got there.

Theater Story telling Feel entitled Playwright
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Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. But to me, the trick in life is to take that sense of generosity between kin, make it apply to the extended family and to your neighbor, your village and beyond.

Give Life Your children Last biscuit
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All your life, you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. And when something nudges it into outline, it is like being ambushed by a grotesque.

Your life Truth Permanent blur Being ambushed
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It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

Better Know Useless things Nothing
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For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clear to an eight-year-old child. A child knows what is fair and isn't fair, and justice derives from that knowledge.

Human right Simply endorse Life Moral value
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I'm hopeless at looking into myself and trying to see how things are working and why.

I'm hopeless Looking Into myself See
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Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity High price Pay Growing up
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It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

The voting Democracy The counting
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We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Give advice The bucket Take it The grain
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My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers

Whole life Waiting for The questions Prepared answers
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I was so thrilled being a reporter, because it gave you the kind of access to people that you wouldn't ever get to meet.
So thrilled Reported Access To people
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Time is short, life is short, there's a lot to know. So I skip the entertainers in the newspaper now. I just haven't got time.

Time Short The entertainers Newspaper
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What is the society we wish to protect? Is it the society of complete surveillance for the commonwealth? Is this the wealth we seek to have in common - optimal security at the cost of maximal surveillance?

The society To protect Complete surveillance Commonwealth
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From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles Probability Truth Obtained
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Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.

Life Gamble Terrible odds
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If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

You associate Older people Do enjoy Their lives
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The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad End unhappily Good unluckily Tragedy means
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If enough things that are untrue are said about you, no one will know what really is true.

Enough things Untrue About you Will know
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It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

Better Quotable Be honest
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The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say

The truth Compound Half truths Never reach
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