Diane Abbott (1953– ) Quick reference
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If we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four-year period, we believe it will be about £300,000.
interview
Tony Abbott (1957– ) Quick reference
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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
addressing a meeting of Liberal Party
Raid Abdul Ridhar Mohammed Quick reference
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A country's identity, its value and civilisation resides in its history. If a country's civilisation is looted, as ours has
Peter Abelard (1079–1142) Quick reference
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O quanta qualia sunt illa sabbata,
Quae semper celebrat superna curia.
O what their joy and glory must be,Those
Ability Quick reference
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…But I know a man who can.
Advertising sloganAutomobile Association, 1980s
know a man who can
know a man
Dannie Abse (1923–2014) Quick reference
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Are all men in disguise except those crying?
‘Encounter at a greyhound bus station’ (1986)
I know the colour rose,
Absence Quick reference
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When I came back to Dublin, I was courtmartialled in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so
Abu Bakr (573–634) Quick reference
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Give brief orders; speeches that are too long are likely to be forgotten.
advice to his army; R. W. Maqsood
Bella Abzug (1920–98) Quick reference
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Richard Nixon impeached himself. He gave us Gerald Ford as his revenge.
in Rolling Stone; Linda Botts Loose Talk
Accius (170–c.86 bc) Quick reference
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Let them hate, so long as they fear.
from Atreus, in Seneca Dialogues bks. 3–5
Let
