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The Robben Island Bible has arrived at the British Museum. Its a g

The Robben Island Bible has arrived at the British Museum. Its a garish thing, its cover plastered with pink and gold Hindu images, designed to hide its contents. Within is the finest collection of words generated by human intelligence: the complete works of William Shakespeare. – Daniel Hannan

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I am not the Conservative Partys health care spokesman. Im fond of Andrew Lansley, and I strongly support David Cameron as party leader. – Daniel Hannan

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The U.S. states that allow for citizens initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that dont. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice. – Daniel Hannan

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If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong. – Arlen Specter

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I mean enormous pressure was brought to bear – Valerie Amos, Lady Amos, went round Africa with people from our intelligence services trying to press them. I had to make sure that we didnt promise a misuse of aid in a way that would be illegal. – Clare Short

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Ive always felt, in all my books, that theres a deep decency in the American people and a native intelligence – providing they have the facts, providing they have the information. – Studs Terkel

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You cant get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services. – Gijs de Vries

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The greater part of my official time is spent on investigating collisions between propelled vehicles, each on its own side of the road, each sounding its horn, and each stationary. – An English Lord Chief Justice, quoted in 2,715 One-Line Quotations for Speakers,

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The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan. – Jared Diamond

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People close to me called me Curry in a Hurry. I was moving through life at 100 miles an hour trying to further my career and be a great mom and make everyone happy. – Ann Curry

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