"A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total……" — P.D. James
"A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development."
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74 Quotes by P.D. James
P.D. James has 74 quotes on this site.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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We are often more merciful to our animals [cats] than we are to each other.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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Most of my life I have needed more time to be on my own.
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Publishers don't nurse you; they buy and sell you.
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It's possible to fight intolerance, stupidity and fanaticism when they come separately. When you get all three together it's probably…
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The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course,…
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I still occasionally need to struggle but I now fear it less. The weapons I fight it with are also…
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Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s…
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The equally is a political theory, but no a practical politics.
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The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.
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I don't think writers choose the genre, the genre chooses us. I wrote out of the wish to create order…
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More Combines Quotes
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one of 105 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and the real, it suddenly…
— J. J. Abrams
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Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
— Dave Barry
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Baseball is beautiful....the supreme performing art. It combines in perfect harmony the magnificent features of ballet, drama, art, and ingenuity.
— Bowie Kuhn
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Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Memory is the keyword which combines past with present, past and future.
— Elie Wiesel
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Every farewell combines loss and new freedom.
— Mason Cooley
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Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Genius is that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates.
— Samuel Johnson
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The whole language of nature informs us, that in animated beings there is something above our powers of investigation; something…
— Humphry Davy
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Ladies and Gentlemen this fellow combines the classic stylings of a 1950's robot with the dynamic flair of a 1970's…
— Conan O'Brien
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I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action.
— Morris Chestnut
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Carver's best book yet! FROM A CHANGELING STAR combines deft characterization and fascinating extrapolation into a complex, compulsively readable thriller.…
— Unknown Author
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