Christopher Atkins Quotes
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At Al Jazeera, we are getting our local Somalis, Yemenis and Sudanese, local correspondents from within the society, who understand much better than the people who come from overseas. We will get a much better insight.
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The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.
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I don't really yell at people.
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Given the accelerating velocity of history, we should begin charting deliberately the next phase in its trajectory.
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Middle English is an exciting field - almost uncharted, I begin to think, because as soon as one turns detailed personal attention on to any little corner of it, the received notions and ideas seem to crumple up and fall to pieces - as far as language goes, at any rate.
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Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.
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Some people have been talking about - every place I go, they bring up the issue of foreign aid. I go, 'You can't get rid of all foreign aid.'
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If you are in business, you are not enjoying. You are working.
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The post-Soviet mafia wove a spider's web of dirty money around the world. Where better to attack it than to start with the Ukrainian criminal heavyweights - the 'family' and its closest circle?
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To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers.
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When a piece is done, I mix it before going on to any other piece.
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I think of my customer as a woman who wants to look beautiful and be able to walk.
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A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly.
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People seem good while they are oppressed, but they only wish to become oppressors in their turn: life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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...ingratitude is more common than you might think.
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Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.
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I have that precious commodity - freedom. I can live my life a day at a time, and I am open to whatever the next day brings. I know I sound as if I have been off with some guru in India, but I haven't. I've come to realise the value of being able to decide for oneself.
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I'm representing for the plus-size community and the plus-size industry. It feels amazing to be able to be the voice that we need.
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It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
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Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.
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Acting is all about creative ideas and sharing, so the more places those ideas come from, the better.
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It is not the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note. An casual remark or joke shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.
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The U.S. is still in a pretty good spot, especially relative to other advanced countries. The aging of our population is not as pronounced as almost anyone else's.
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I think the United States is way behind the times.
