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My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was then called Administrative…

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All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality...
Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from…
Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up…
I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.
I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a…
I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which…
In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things…
In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a…
These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether one's perception…
They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put…
Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also read quite…
The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I…

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A president is a high-level official who is elected to carry out a function. He is not a king, not a god.… — Jose Mujica
My father was a civil servant, fairly sort of middle ranking, low to middle ranking. He worked almost entirely in what was… — John Hume
In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.' — Robert A. Heinlein
A civil servant doesn't make jokes. — Eugene Ionesco
A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it. — George S. Patton
You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant. — Doris Lessing
Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but he was… — Mancur Olson
It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant. — Sargent Shriver
To its committed members (the Democratic Party) was still the party of heart, humanity, and justice, but to those removed a few… — Nicholas von Hoffman
I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates. — Billy Joel
My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the… — Hanif Kureishi
NASA might do well to adopt the Red Bull approach to branding and astronautics. Suddenly the man in the spacesuit is not… — Mary Roach

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