Charles Kennedy Quotes
Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.
Quotes to Explore
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again.
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn't know how I was gonna make rent. I've done every job under the sun, from busing tables, temping, and working in factories to SAT prep and detailing cars. So to be able to make a living where all I do is write is absolutely liberating.
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I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards, flirted with Ray Liotta, and had a ball.
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I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still young and can have the bright future they deserve.
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The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
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I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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What I'm trying to do is get a change in the mindset so people move from a level of mere tolerance to total acceptance and eventually to celebrate diversity. If you feel comfortable with one another, it doesn't matter whether we live in which neighbourhood but we can interact with one another freely. It's a mindset.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.
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If you want to spend weekends with your family, something's got to give.
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I find women more interesting to watch on a lot of levels, and I like the idea of being involved with something I would watch.
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Success in sport is based on you thinking you are doing something to gain that edge, but if I wanted that little bit extra, I would go and run up sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr.
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He knew that all things human are transitory and therefore that it must cease one day or another. He looked forward to that day with eager longing. Love was like a parasite in his heart, nourishing a hateful existence on his life's blood; it absorbed his existence so intensely that he could take pleasure in nothing else.
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Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.
