Top 26 Jemima Khan Quotes
#1. Peter Mandelson is one of the most odious, self-satisfied, misogynistic men I have ever met. Compellingly, fascinatingly horrible.
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#2. Every road I walked would take me down to the sea
With every broken promise in my sack
And every love would always send the ship of my heart
Over the rolling sea
Sting
#3. If you are weak, anyone can come and kick you
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#4. Fame infantilises and grants relative impunity. Those that seek it, out of an exaggerated need for admiration or attention, are often the least well equipped to deal with criticism.
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#5. Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
Pat Metheny
#6. Some people live their memorable years fighting against their basic instincts only to succumb in the end to what was actually good for them.
Janvier Chouteu-Chando
#7. WikiLeaks exposed corruption, war crimes, torture and cover-ups. It showed that we were lied to about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; that the U.S. military had deliberately hidden information about systematic torture and civilian casualties, which were much higher than reported.
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#9. Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
#10. Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic.
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#13. And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were affected for a time; men became sterile, women had miscarriages, menstruation stopped.
John Hersey
#14. Accountability and democratic choice, I deeply believe, are guaranteed by rigorous scrutiny only.
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#15. WikiLeaks exposed the most dangerous lies of all, which are those that are told to us by elected governments.
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#16. If you want to talk, it's okay with me. I sit and relax.
Gael Monfils
#17. I couldn't define my style; that's impossible. I like comfort and elegance with a bit of glamour thrown in. If I like something, I'll wear it for years.
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#18. I think the world of politics is pretty sleazy.
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#19. He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity.
Plato
#20. The best justification governments can find to shut down information is that lives are at risk. In fact, lives have been at risk as a result of the silences and lies revealed in these leaks.
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#21. On Hallowe'en the old ghosts come about us, and they speak to some; to others they are dumb.
Eleanor Farjeon
#22. Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will not deter people who are unafraid of death and desire martyrdom.
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#23. Whatever is the lot of humankind
I want to taste within my deepest self.
I want to seize the highest and the lowest,
to load its woe and bliss upon my breast,
and thus expand my single self titanically
and in the end go down with all the rest.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
#24. Arranged marriages are big business in the U.K. Second- and third-generation immigrant families, with no extended family structure, limited networks and religious restrictions on acceptable ways to meet future spouses, are turning to external matchmakers for help.
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#25. Robert Kennedy identified with people, not data, or institutions, or theories. Poverty was a specific black face for him, not a manila folder full of statistics.
Jack Newfield
#26. In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness.
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