How do you manage it, she said, at your age? I told her I'd been saving up for her all my life.
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BERNARD BECKETT My own passion for caravan holidays has been occasionally commented on by the media. It is certainly...
MARGARET BECKETT I didn't study science beyond high school level, but I'd been reading a lot of science books...
BERNARD BECKETT Caravanning can be as simple or as luxurious as you choose. My own experience is probably not dissim...
MARGARET BECKETT You reap what you sow.
JOSH BECKETT Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is...
BERNARD BECKETT I respond well to what I read of Immanuel Kant's idea that the world as we see it is absolutely ...
BERNARD BECKETT I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want...
BERNARD BECKETT It's going to be a deal where, 'Hey, I got to get this guy out of here. We've got guys in the bullpe...
JOSH BECKETT Today's dialogue has succeeded in reinforcing the need for international partnerships and cooperatio...
MARGARET BECKETT You've got to be a little more careful in those situations. You reap what you sew.
JOSH BECKETT I can't see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the ma...
BERNARD BECKETT I wanted to make a point. You look like a jackass whenever you hit the ball like that and you're pim...
JOSH BECKETT It's not like I wanted to fight. I just wanted to make the point that you look like a jackass when y...
JOSH BECKETT I hope the balminess of the morning is the warming of our collective consciousness.
CHERYL BECKETT Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the ...
BERNARD BECKETT This ain't locked up for anybody. Every game is crucial from now on. There's not an easy game left f...
JOSH BECKETT Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host.
BERNARD BECKETT We're going to need some luck. We have to have some people lose.
JOSH BECKETT People absolutely embraced such a concept.
CHERYL BECKETT It's weird seeing Luis in another uniform. I think he signed with the Marlins when he was like 4.
JOSH BECKETT [Taking a lighter view of the] ILOVEYOU ... sorry or pleased that as far as I'm aware, I have not re...
MARGARET BECKETT Innovation needs to be encouraged so that land managers can seize opportunities related to climate c...
MARGARET BECKETT You can almost never say that a particular event is caused by climate change,
MARGARET BECKETT I accept, though it is with hindsight, that this is so,
MARGARET BECKETT The public utilities and the public services are among the people who have done the most preparatory...
MARGARET BECKETT Environmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and general littering is a menace that is becomin...
MARGARET BECKETT The successful Idea travels from mind to mind, claiming new territory, mutating as it goes.
BERNARD BECKETT I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed.
BERNARD BECKETT I haven't heard anything yet, ... Actually, I'm a little excited about it.
JOSH BECKETT ... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear i...
BERNARD BECKETT I've got a Minor League game on Friday. I just need to keep the intensity and stay focused and get o...
JOSH BECKETT There are some problems remaining but what we have to be wary of is creating further problems oursel...
MARGARET BECKETT You couldn't necessarily say, 'That hurricane, that storm, that flood only happened because of clima...
MARGARET BECKETT I have to tell you that, sadly, this affectionate greeting contains a virus which has immobilized th...
MARGARET BECKETT Bush agreed in Gleneagles that climate change was urgent.
MARGARET BECKETT I am therefore announcing today our decision to set up a fundamental review of the agency.
MARGARET BECKETT It is imperative that we find new ways to cooperate and develop a shared understanding of how the wo...
MARGARET BECKETT Technology is essential to make the transition to a low-carbon economy and targets ... have a vital ...
MARGARET BECKETT The focus of our agenda for this meeting is on energy, and on how we can make better use of technolo...
MARGARET BECKETT sorry or pleased that as far as I'm aware, I have not received an e-mail saying 'I love you.'
MARGARET BECKETT Science is a little bit more than a wonderful way of modelling and predicting; it's a wonderful ...
BERNARD BECKETT And the weird weird thing about this story of Angela's Ring was that it didn't even have a point to ...
CHRIS BECKETT It was fine. I threw 48 pitches and that was about it. The numbers could have been better, but we'll...
JOSH BECKETT Consciousness is the feel of accessing memory.
BERNARD BECKETT I'm a school teacher, and later on, well past my formal education, I became very interested in s...
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