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Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it for themselves, we're all the same, we're not driven by sincere motives. Because the fact of the matter is the vast majority are.
Nicola Sturgeon
Time
Fight
Matter
Politicians
Back
Bit
Fact
Vast
Vast Majority
Driven
Sincere
Terms
Majority
Because
Motives
Same
Maybe
Little
Little Bit
Themselves
Notion
I really want to be associated with great projects and character driven projects and films. I have to feed my soul, and keep feeling like an artist and keep being challenged.
Nina Dobrev
Great
Character
Soul
Feeling
Films
Projects
My Soul
Driven
Feed
Like
Artist
Being
Want
Really
Keep
Challenged
Associated
A desire to rescue secular America from fallen grace has driven conservative evangelicals at least since the 1970s, when Jerry Falwell formed the Moral Majority as a vehicle for conservative Christians to muscle their way into national politics.
Nina Easton
Politics
Grace
Conservative
Secular
National
Way
Moral
Driven
Vehicle
Since
Majority
Least
Fallen
America
National Politics
Formed
Rescue
Evangelicals
Jerry
Muscle
Desire
Christians
When General Allenby conquered Jerusalem during World War I, he was hailed in the American press as Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had at last won the Crusades and driven the pagans out of the Holy Land.
Noam Chomsky
War
World
Press
Out
General
Driven
Had
He
Crusades
Won
American
Land
Richard
Holy
Holy Land
Who
Conquered
Jerusalem
Last
World War
World War I
But I would defy anyone to go back over the years and tell me anyone whose career I've ruined, anyone whom I've driven out of the service, anyone I've fired from a job.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Service
Me
Job
Back
Ruined
Out
Tell
Defy
Would
Fired
Driven
Over
Go
Years
Anyone
Whom
Whose
Career
When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.
Padmasree Warrior
Love
Today
Me
Technology
Confidence
Women
Passion
Job
First
Took
Only
Only A Handful
Driven
Self
Self-Confidence
First Job
Got
Am
Handful
Times
Going
Where
Among
Kept
The sources and research I use for my inspiration aren't your typical sci-fi subjects, but it's really driven by obsession and personal anxiety more than trying to take up the sword and do what's right.
Paolo Bacigalupi
Anxiety
Research
Typical
More
Inspiration
Take
Driven
Obsession
Sci-Fi
Sources
Subjects
Up
Than
Trying
Personal
Really
Use
Your
Sword
Right
My father took one of the toughest jobs in the government because he cared about his nation more than himself. His courage and conviction have always driven me to want to make a difference.
Pardis Sabeti
Government
Me
Courage
Father
Nation
Conviction
Took
Jobs
About
More
Toughest
Driven
He
Make
Make A Difference
Himself
Because
Always
His
Than
Difference
Want
Cared
My career has been driven with the hope of telling stories, as it helps me to judge people less.
Parvathy
Hope
Me
People
Judge
Has-Been
Telling
Driven
Been
Stories
Less
Helps
Career
Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to the type of music that drives me crazy. Like, Journey covers.
Patrick Carney
Music
Journey
Me
Crazy
You
People
Type
Hop
Driven
Drives
Like
Know
Well
Hip
Hip-Hop
Covers
Get
Same
Listen
The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up.
Patty Duke
Everybody
Find
See
Eating
Insomnia
Driven
Never
New
Up
York
New York
Being
Mania
Apartment
Shut
Shut Up
Started
I felt that, with 'Zatanna,' I had a chance to do a story about a strong, driven woman.
Paul Dini
Woman
Strong
About
Driven
Had
Felt
Story
Chance
The American economy has always been driven by the entrepreneurial nature of its citizens, and blocking access to affordable health care will only suffocate growth within the small business sector of our economy.
Paul Gillmor
Health
Nature
Business
Care
Will
Our
Sector
Citizens
Only
Small
Small Business
Entrepreneurial
Driven
Economy
Health Care
Within
Access
Always
Blocking
Been
Affordable
American
Affordable Health Care
American Economy
Growth
Many aspects of the writing life have changed since I published my first book, in the 1960s. It is more corporate, more driven by profits and marketing, and generally less congenial - but my day is the same: get out of bed, procrastinate, sit down at my desk, try to write something.
Paul Theroux
Life
Day
Book
Writing
Try
First
Sit
Down
Changed
Corporate
Marketing
Out
Something
More
Write
Driven
Generally
Since
Bed
Get
Same
Procrastinate
Congenial
Aspects
Less
Many
Published
Profits
Desk
I was driven when I was younger. Driven at West Point where it was much more competitive in that women were competing with men on many levels, and I was driven in the military and at Harvard, both competitive environments.
Paula Broadwell
Women
Men
Military
Harvard
More
Both
Point
Driven
Environments
Were
West
West Point
Where
Younger
Much
Many
Many Levels
Levels
Competing
Competitive
I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.
Paula Radcliffe
Me
Bitterness
Stronger
Athens
Stronger Person
Through
Driven
Misses
Come
Learnt
Am
Came
Been
Lot
End
Persevering
Person
Any
Taught
Happened
In The End
Lessons
Keep
Near
Right
Chance
It's really, always, the story and the characters that come first, and the other things are kind of dealt with in time or, in fact, driven by the story.
Pete Docter
Time
First
Other
Characters
Kind
Fact
Driven
Come
Always
Dealt
In Fact
Story
Really
Things
The need to deal with pathogens has driven the evolution of the vertebrate immune system, so it should not be surprising that experiments with infectious agents have often illuminated key elements of the underlying mechanisms.
Peter C. Doherty
Key
System
Evolution
Immune
Driven
Underlying
Deal
Surprising
Infectious
Often
Experiments
Agents
Should
Mechanisms
Illuminated
Elements
Need
When you look at what I've done here, you see a consistent theme of reforms which is not driven by any dogma from across the water, but a radical agenda to make sure Northern Ireland's people enjoy equal opportunities, driven by the values of social justice.
Peter Hain
You
Justice
People
Water
Opportunities
Values
Radical
Enjoy
Consistent
See
Driven
Look
Equal
Make
Sure
Dogma
Ireland
Reforms
Any
Done
Northern
Which
Social
Theme
Agenda
Across
Social Justice
Here
Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.
Peter Jennings
Faith
Religion
Confused
Spirituality
Own
Sense
My Own
Driven
Any
Interest
A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons.
Philip Roth
Needs
Crazy
See
Writer
Driven
Poisons
Him
His
Help
The older I get, and the more collections I do, the more I'm driven by real style and beauty. My aim is to reveal and not to display women.
Phoebe Philo
Women
Beauty
Style
Older
Aim
Collections
More
Driven
Reveal
Real
Get
Display
Being some country lad from the banks of the River Boyne, I never wanted to be wealthy. I was driven by artistic intention.
Pierce Brosnan
Country
Wealthy
Some
Driven
Never
River
Artistic
Intention
Lad
Being
Wanted
Banks
India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its mission by noxious practitioners of terror.
Pranab Mukherjee
Prosperity
Will
Sit
High
India
Table
Driven
Mission
Content
Terror
Itself
Noxious
I've always driven big SUVs. I'm from Maine, and there's a point to driving a big SUV in Maine. I don't really need a 4WD in L.A., but on the 405, people are crazy, and you need a tank. I like the visibility factor.
Rachel Nichols
Crazy
You
People
Big
Visibility
Point
Factor
Driven
Driving
Maine
Like
Always
Tank
Really
Need
Industry is not only driven by talent; it depends upon so many factors. If you need to be successful in this field, one should know how to convert everything into a plus point. If you have a dusky face, make that your plus point.
Radhika Apte
You
Face
Field
Everything
Plus
Only
Point
Factors
Driven
Talent
Know
Make
Industry
How
Depends
Convert
Successful
Should
Your
Many
Need
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