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“No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world. The world is ruled by brains, by justice, by morals and by fairness.”
Source : "In Rare, Blunt Speech, Saudi King Criticizes Syria Vetoes" by Rick Gladstone, www.nytimes.com. February 10, 2012.
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“Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.”
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“I had been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a dome on it.”
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“When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.”
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“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”
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“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”
Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
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“Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.”
Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “The Angry Island: Hunting the English”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
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“We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.”
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“I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.”
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“Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.”