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When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself.
Bertrand Russell

Emotional, Himself, Belief

If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries.
Bill Hicks

Medical, Lock, Arms

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

Wise, Him, Cannot

If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible.
Steven Patrick Morrissey

Caring, Nation, Alive

I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.
Francesca Annis

Giving, Working, Support

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses.
David Cameron

Time, Business, Small

Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour.
David Bailey

Why, Dangerous, Fallen

So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy.
Boris Johnson

Wealth, Economy, Creation

I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.
Spike Lee

Story, Films, Characters

My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.
Iain Duncan Smith

After, Personal, View

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.
John Bolton

Democracy, Iraq

The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game. If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.
Alan Lewis

Work, Game, Two

Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace.
Arthur Henderson

Peace, Great, History

I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.
Alan Bennett

Control, Free, Expression

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.
Lionel Blue

Religion, God, Goodness

A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.
Edward Sapir

Sacrifice, Fact, Language

What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.
Queen Elizabeth II

Good, Future, Today

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.
Andre Agassi

Baby, Says, Genetics

Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.
Anthony Eden

Everyone, Economy, General

Some people argue that we should limit choice in favour of good local services. My response is simple: why should we assume those two concepts are mutually exclusive?
John Hutton

Good, Simple, Two

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower.
Robert Fortune

Give, Flower, Rather

Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
Fran Drescher

Time, Good, Keep

Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union.
Georgios A. Papandreou

Strength, Political, Union

Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.
Lactantius

Through, Free, Guilty

God made man in his own image, and man returned the favour.
Frank Wedekind

God, Made, Image

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.
Douglas Hurd

History, Themselves, While

With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been held in favour of Reform at which the ballot has not been strongly insisted upon.
John Bright

Meeting, Worthy, Reform

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of a peaceful transition. This was, without doubt, something that changed European history.
Rocco Buttiglione

History, Hate, Doubt

I am rather in favour of dealing with teenage hooliganism.
James Callaghan

Rather, Teenage, Dealing

I've always said that I favour an elected second chamber and I think it's important that there are members of the House of Lords who are willing to vote for their own demise.
Jim Knight

Important, Said, Vote

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