Quote by Ian Mcewan
By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their

By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage. – Ian Mcewan

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I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive. – Ian Mcewan

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funny
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My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They werent able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively. – Ian Mcewan

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Education
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Faith
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That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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I think its a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in South Africa. Martin Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing. – Jim Wallis

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I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it – not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization. – Harry S. Truman

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I desire an special interest in your prayers that my faith fail not in the day of adversity. – John Hawley

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Children make your life important. – Erma Bombeck

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They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance. – Edmund Burke

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To send light into the darkness of mens hearts – such is the duty of the artist. – Robert Schumann

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From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. – Katharine Whitehorn

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