"Most people hugely underestimate the amount of 'empty……" — Evan Davis
"Most people hugely underestimate the amount of 'empty space' we have in our country. Fly over the U.K., and you see that human settlement does not fill up the U.K. at all. It accounts for something of the order of 15 per cent of the landmass."
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63 Quotes by Evan Davis
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Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It's the term used by American retailers to describe…
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Even though disciplined sleeping habits and the adrenalin of live radio ensures that we are very awake while on duty,…
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At the BBC we've had plenty of women in good management jobs. It comes and goes but there's been plenty.…
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I don't keep it secret that I live with my partner Gio. I'm very proud of my gayness. But there…
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It doesn't annoy me but I think of myself as a presenter who is gay, rather than a gay presenter.…
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But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience…
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For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they…
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For years, we've grown dependant on American consumers as the world's spenders of last resort. They've kept Europe out of…
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I've never enjoyed sleep as much until I got the 'Today' job. There is something about early sleep that's much…
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Interest rate cuts have an effect in stimulating an economy by directly or indirectly making someone, somewhere, spend more than…
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but…
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A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.
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Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think.…
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
— Saint Basil
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With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.
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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
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There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we…
— Saul Bellow
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To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter,…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the…
— Benazir Bhutto
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No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's…
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