Quote by John Major
I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the botto

I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs. – John Major

Other quotes by John Major

Well, I think theres a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence. – John Major

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Intelligence
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It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics , to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family – and not shuffling it off on other people and the state. – John Major

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Family
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A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesnt believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it. – John Major

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Agreement
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Other Quotes from
Trouble, Troubles
category

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I dont embrace trouble; thats as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say: meet it as a friend, for youll see a lot of it, and had better be on speaking terms with it. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Sooner or later comes a crisis in our affairs, and how we meet it determines our future happiness and success. Since the beginning of time, every form of life has been called upon to meet such crisis. – Robert Collier

Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due. – W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

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Not even old age knows how to love death. – Sophocles

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Id like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse. – Susie Orbach

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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. – Marcel Proust

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