Alan Clark Quotes
I am confirmed in my opinion that it is hopeless here. All we can do is arm the Orangemen – to the teeth – and get out.Alan Clark Dire Straits
Quotes to Explore
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
Nawal El Saadawi -
I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through the gates. You couldn't get on a crew, or even learn to direct.
Larry Buchanan -
I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
I know that I came into the world with what I call 'big dharma' - with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.
Wayne Dyer -
Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
Waris Dirie -
It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.
Gail Sheehy
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
Jack Davenport -
It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
Natalie Imbruglia -
Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
Ban Ki-moon -
I'm obsessed with 'Top Chef'.
Kate Winslet -
The original and brilliant idea of an MBA was the opportunity for students to study the theory and application of business and management principles.
Warren Bennis -
I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience.
Umberto Eco
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
Zac Efron -
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
Ovid -
Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
Zubin Mehta -
Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
Hamish Bowles -
In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.
Gail Kelly -
To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
Edgar Allan Poe
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If you have evidence that C1 is a cause of E, and no evidence as to whether C2 is also a cause of E, then C1 seems to be a better explanation of E than C1&C2 is, since C1 is more parsimonious. I call the version of Ockham's razor used here "the razor of silence." The better explanation of E is silent about C2; it does not deny that C2 was a cause. The problem changes if you consider two conjunctive hypotheses.
Elliott Sober -
My brothers kept me relevant. They got my back 100%. After all the times I've been incarcerated, they've always had my back.
Offset Migos -
Spring is about to spring. Persephone is coming back and the ice is groaning, about to break with the exquisite and deafening roar. It's a time for madness; a time for our fangs to come down and our eyes to glaze over so that the beast in us can sing with unmitigated joy. Oh yes, ecstasy, I welcome thee!
J. Christopher Stevens -
In many countries, when I gave the name 'Rap Monster,' I often heard that it was 'too much.'
Kim Nam-joon BTS -
Journalism is a way of voicing opinion, of participating in the political, social, or cultural debate.
Mario Vargas Llosa -
I am confirmed in my opinion that it is hopeless here. All we can do is arm the Orangemen – to the teeth – and get out.
Alan Clark Dire Straits