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A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

Just as we were finishing 'Paul's Boutique' we got our own places, and I was going out to clubs a lot less. I got a bit more introverted and spent a lot more time on my own reading. I would just go down to the esoteric bookstore and wander around.

When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.

Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs, ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans, especially those living in our nation's pockets of poverty.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

The fact is, my friends, most Americans don't want more government. They want less government.

There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.

I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.

What I'm always trying to say to the consumer is: buy less, choose well, make it last.

Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.

For those broadcasters who are less than responsible, the FCC needs to have sharper teeth to enforce the law.

I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor.

I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.

War scenes are less difficult than love scenes.

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

I feel less adrenaline in my body now, but more in my head. I tried to be at my best, and I succeeded.

The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

I was never less alone than when by myself.

I'd be curious to find out, but I don't think people in the entertainment industry are proportionally more or less serious politically than anyone in the landscaping industry.

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.

Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education.

There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me at all.

In my relationship, I was giving myself away to make the relationship better, but in actuality, wasn't doing better by doing that. I became less of a man.

No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has.

It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience.

Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities.