Christopher Monckton Quotes
People tend to think that I know less about what I'm talking about than I actually do - usually people who think that all aristocrats are stupid.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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We are all souls, and what I have learnt so far is that while God is male, the souls created by Him are female, so I always had women as my theme, as they are dedicated to Him.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.
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I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.
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If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
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I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.
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One of my favorite venues is the Bowery Ballroom in New York. I love the room; there's a tiny stage, but I really like the feel of it.
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Half of what's wrong with people today is that they ain't got no place to go that makes them peaceful.
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I gather most people don't remember that when the U.S. Open first went to Pebble Beach in 1972, a big deal was made of the Open going to a public course for the first time.
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Look there are going to be, there are already adjustment processes in place but the point is that you'll actually make them work and get satisfactory outcomes if there's decent burden sharing along the way. If there's, if you like a proper transitional assistance.
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People tend to think that I know less about what I'm talking about than I actually do - usually people who think that all aristocrats are stupid.
