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Small: Action makes more fortune than caution
"Action makes more fortune than caution"
Charlotte Whitton, Politician
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Small: Theres a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers
"There's a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers"
Michael Ignatieff, Politician
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Small: We wanted this war and now weve got it, and Im not sure that we know what to do with it
"We wanted this war and now we've got it, and I'm not sure that we know what to do with it"
Michael Ignatieff, Politician
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Small: Theres a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries
"There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries"
Michael Ignatieff, Politician
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Small: I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke
"I think no one could have made peace in Bosnia besides Holbrooke"
Michael Ignatieff, Politician
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Small: What we want is to become masters in our own house
"What we want is to become masters in our own house"
Michael Ignatieff, Politician
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Small: Theres a way in which these guys all think absolutely media, day and night. Access is what its all about, so t
"There's a way in which these guys all think absolutely media, day and night. Access is what it's all about, so they spin 24 hours a day and that's a problem"
Michael Ignatieff, Politician
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Small: If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which
"If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: Armaments extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy
"Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: Youve probably read in People that Im a nice guy - but when the doctor first told me I had Parkinsons, I wante
"You've probably read in People that I'm a nice guy - but when the doctor first told me I had Parkinson's, I wanted to kill him"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: I dont want people to kick my ass, I just want to get to a point where they cant kick it
"I don't want people to kick my ass, I just want to get to a point where they can't kick it"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: I didnt want o do metal work and get my hands all nicked up and be around guys. So I took drama because there
"I didn't want o do metal work and get my hands all nicked up and be around guys. So I took drama because there were a lot of girls"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: Everyone has an equal right to inequality
"Everyone has an equal right to inequality"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God and He has been accurately quoted
"Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God and He has been accurately quoted"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasnt being made
"I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for perfection is Gods busines
"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: In my 50s Ill be dancing at my childrens weddings
"In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: Either God is alive, in which case hell deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which case he was never
"Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which case he was never alive, it being unlikely that he died of old age"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: Marx was fortunate to have been born eighty years before Walt Disney. Disney also promised a childs paradise a
"Marx was fortunate to have been born eighty years before Walt Disney. Disney also promised a child's paradise and unlike Marx, delivered on his promise"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: If I were overweight because I ate too much, I would have far more of a complex. I would know if I just stoppe
"If I were overweight because I ate too much, I would have far more of a complex. I would know if I just stopped eating and showed a little discipline I would be thin. But there's not a hell of a lot I can do about being short. You just gotta run with it"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: Im going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli
"I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: Im also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check the
"I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: I wouldnt have wanted to miss the opportunity to make those three films that didnt do well. They were really i
"I wouldn't have wanted to miss the opportunity to make those three films that didn't do well. They were really important to me, and the things I learned doing them were important to me"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: After a year or so I really thought I was Howard Hughes. Here I was at eighteen years old, getting all these c
"After a year or so I really thought I was Howard Hughes. Here I was at eighteen years old, getting all these checks"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to
"Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: The only thing worse than an opportunity you dont deserve is blowing an opportunity
"The only thing worse than an opportunity you don't deserve is blowing an opportunity"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: Pain is temporary, film is forever
"Pain is temporary, film is forever"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy
"Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day
"Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption
"A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forwa
"Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order
"Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything
"Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything"
John Ralston Saul, Author
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Small: What other people think about me is not my business
"What other people think about me is not my business"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: Tracy is more a help to me than I am to her
"Tracy is more a help to me than I am to her"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: Ones dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendere
"One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do
"I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat.
"Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: The laughs mean more to me than the adoration. If two girls walk up to me and one says youre cute, Ill say tha
"The laughs mean more to me than the adoration. If two girls walk up to me and one says 'you're cute', I'll say thank you, but I appreciate it much more when the other one says 'you make me laugh so much'"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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Small: I love the irony. Im perceived as being really young and yet I have the clinical condition of an old man
"I love the irony. I'm perceived as being really young and yet I have the clinical condition of an old man"
Michael J. Fox, Actor
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