Christine Quinn Quotes
I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.
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It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.
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I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.
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I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'
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We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
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For me, the cool thing is doing things that could only be done in gaming.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.
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I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.
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If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business.
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My parents separated it, and that let me know that TV life wasn't my normal life; that was my job and my hobby.
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If we had to pose for every single person at the Eat & Greets, we wouldn't get to speak to anyone that's there, and we definitely wouldn't get to serve them food.
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I actually lost both my legs. I can walk because I got really good health care.
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Common man, no matter how hard life is to him, at least has the fortune of not thinking it.
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It's not easy to talk about transcendence, just as it's not easy to play or listen to a late Beethoven quartet … You have to practice quite hard, like you do with any art form. Religion is hard work.
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To him who has nothing it is forbidden not to relish filth.
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You may succeed in silencing me, but that silence comes at a price, you may succeed in silencing one man, but the howl of protest from around the world will reverberate, Mr. Putin, in your ears for the rest of your life.
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Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption, and secure access devices and it's money wasted because none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain: the people who use, administer, operate and account for computer systems that contain protected information.
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When you have a book out, it's like a period of protracted or concentrated megalomania, and it's really not normal or good for you or any of that.
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You can't change the wind but you can set your sails.
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A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.
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I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.
