"It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution."
-Anthony Trollope
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"Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early."
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"As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour."
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"Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks."
-Anthony Trollope
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"In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise."
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"When it comes to money nobody should give up anything."
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"Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one."
-Lucy Powell
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"People create jobs, not the government."
-Scott Walker
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"We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government."
-Lucy Powell
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"I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs."
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"It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS."
-Lucy Powell
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"More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way."
-Scott Walker
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