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" All my life, people have been telling me what to do. I'm tired of it. My private life has become an industry. "
Tired
Become
Life
" All the time I feel I must justify my existence. "
Existence
I Feel
Justify
" As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration. "
Heroes
People
Jump
" As long as I do not take myself too seriously, I should not be too badly off. "
Take
Long
Myself
" As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always been blindingly obvious to me. "
Habit
You
Time
" Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ. "
Forget
Middle
Born
" Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear. "
Lead
Power
Powerful
" Congratulations to 'Countdown' - it was an evening I will never forget - and a special thank you to Molly Meldrum. "
Forget
You
Thank You
" Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress? "
Expect
Me
You
" Extremism is no more the monopoly of Islam than it is the monopoly of other religions, including Christianity. "
Other
More
Monopoly
" Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes. "
Look
Father
Eyes
" For me, Lord Mountbatten represented the grandfather I never had. "
Grandfather
Lord
Had
" Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth. "
Successful
Earth
Hong Kong
" I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability. "
Believe
Everyone
I Believe
" I'd rather go by bus. "
Bus
Go
Rather
" I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it and to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them. "
Hope
Born
Better
" I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the Middle East. It seems to me that we cannot ignore the fact that Christians in the Middle East are increasingly being deliberately targeted by fundamentalist Islamist militants. "
Time
Christian
Growing
" I have often thought that one of the less attractive traits of various professional bodies and institutions is the deeply ingrained suspicion and outright hostility which can exist towards anything unorthodox or unconventional. "
Thought
Exist
Attractive
" I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents. "
Learned
Monkey
Watching
" I'm not very good at being a performing monkey. "
Very
Good
Monkey
" I sometimes wonder if two thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet. "
Sometimes
Red Carpet
Two
" I think I can safely say that, as adolescents, most people have excess energy to spare and need adventure, excitement, and a challenge. "
Challenge
Say
Adventure
" It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us about everything - until, that is, it comes to climate science. "
Trust
Science
Blind
" It's always marvelous to have somebody who, you know, you feel understands and wants to encourage. "
You
Encourage
Always
" It's always nice to have somebody on your side. "
Always
Your
Somebody
" On an increasingly crowded planet, humanity faces many threats - but none is greater than climate change. It magnifies every hazard and tension of our existence. "
Climate Change
Planet
Humanity
" Perhaps it has been too uncomfortable for those with vested interests to acknowledge, but we have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have. "
World
Best
Will
" Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it. "
People
Survive
History
" That's called a microphone. It's a big sausage that picks up everything you say - and you're starting early. "
Everything
Early
You
" The medieval Islamic world, from Central Asia to the shores of the Atlantic, was a world where scholars and men of learning flourished. But because we have tended to see Islam as the enemy of the West, as an alien culture, society, and system of belief, we have tended to ignore or erase its great relevance to our own history. "
Culture
Men
Learning
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