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New fathers, political prisoners, traumatised presidential aides, resolute schoolboys, MEPs addressing unfriendly chambers - we all find that Shakespeare has magically anticipated our precise circumstances. How he was possible, I still don't understand; but there isn't a day I'm not grateful that he speaks to me in my own language.

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.

Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable.

I am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information.

But what does interest me is the notion that if you do a lot of work it means there's a potential for other people to understand that a lot of things are possible with a sustained effort and that the broadening of experiences is possible and I think that's all art can be.

The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

A happy childhood... is the worst possible preparation for life.

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

It is so tempting to try the most difficult thing possible.

I try as much as possible to give you a great basic product and what comes out, I feel, is really amazing.

If genetic memory or racial memory persists, is it possible that individual memory also exists from previous lives?

Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention.

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

Play is the exultation of the possible.

After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell.

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.

A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.

All studio movies are the middle of the Bell curve. The only way to do something is to do it yourself. And the only way to do that is to not take any money from anyone or take as little money as possible from anyone and that's it.

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

I have seen everything possible covered in studs and grommets. Also, what I call angry shoes: those platforms with the multiple buckles and studs. I think the polished girl is back.

We can not continue to allow this over reliance on government to replace the cornerstone institution that has made the American experience possible.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

For me, the family is more important, of course! I don't want to change my family, or situation, for work. But I think it is possible for these things not to fight each other.

A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security.

From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.

I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life.

I don't remember the first half of my life. All I say is a happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life.