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I want people to know there is more to Somalia than looting and piracy.


Michael Palin

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CRAIG BEINTEMA Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people.
ADAM MCKAY 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.
JAMES C. DOBSON We want people to know that we do more than stripes and polka dots.
CAROL MCNEELY The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO I want the taxpayers to know that some people are getting more than a three percent raise,
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ANN COULTER Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious...
JOHN CLEESE People want to know more about me. They want to know who I am.
DAVID OTUNGA I want people to know this option is out there.
CAROL BEAVNIER There is no quick fix to digital piracy.
BRAD WILLIAMS People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying h...
WILL ROGERS I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
VINCENT VAN GOGH I'm not persuaded by the argument that a single price deters piracy, ... I'm not persuaded of the fa...
ERIC NICOLI There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.
NICOLAS CHAMFORT Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don’t know what they...
YUVAL NOAH HARARI Give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price, a...
KEVIN SPACEY I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rew...
JARED POLIS Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Mad...
TOM SIZEMORE It's a little weird to think there are people who will know me much more intimately than I will know...
JULIA BASKIN Is it okay to shoplift from a store that's doing well? It's called piracy, but the reality is that i...
SARAH ALEXANDER People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to
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KEN NDARU I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.
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PETER MIDDLEBROOK There are two things people want more than sex and money -- recognition and praise.
MARY KAY ASH There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.
MARY KAY ASH There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.
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CARY SHERMAN I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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LILY ALLEN I want to be positive but more than that, I want to be fair. If we don't approve this, there are peo...
LARRY GREEN You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
OSCAR WILDE You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know
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VICTOR HUGO War is no solution to peace.
BEN OAK I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n...
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BIJOU HUNTER We want this case to send a message that Latin music piracy is not under the radar.
BRAD BUCKLES You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer.
I DONT KNOW We write, not because we claim to know more than others, but perhaps because we want to know more th...
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA My name is Michael Caine - not a lot of people know that.
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DAVID LLOYD GEORGE There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
VINCENT VAN GOGH I made the decision. I want you more than I want heaven, more than I want to be an angel. I love you...
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ED BRADLEY Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
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SETH JONES There is nothing I dislike more in the world than people who care more about ideology than they do a...
JON RONSON There's no doubt he can finish as top scorer, and I sincerely hope he does. I would be more than hap...
ALAN SHEARER No matter what Sarah Palin and these geniuses she surrounds herself with try to tell you, climate ch...
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GARY F EVANS... To have hope in an age where hope is very scarce and hurt, jealousy and pain are more prominent is a...
GARY F EVANS... Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy.
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MICHAEL MORPURGO One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeedi...
MICHAEL MORPURGO Only the best books are special. Why? Because they open our eyes, touch us, excite us, extend us.
MICHAEL MORPURGO The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk t...
MICHAEL MORPURGO Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers.
MICHAEL MORPURGO It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still...
MICHAEL MORPURGO Read a lot - poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you wi...
MICHAEL MORPURGO Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a schoo...
MICHAEL MORPURGO Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through ...
MICHAEL MORPURGO Something I learn every time I stand in front of a bunch of children, I learn never, never to undere...
MICHAEL MORPURGO Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at a...
MICHAEL MORPURGO It is really important that focusing on things such as spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwritin...
MICHAEL MORPURGO My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of ...
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