Bernard Sumner Quotes
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
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Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man's use, to help him reach the end for which he was created.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.
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Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.
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Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.
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Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
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The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.
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I think it's really important whilst you're a young actor to try as many new things as possible... to try and do something you haven't necessarily been seen doing before.
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Sound-wise, I'm really limitless in the way I write songs. Whatever comes out, comes out. Every song is completely different.
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Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.
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The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.
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I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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My health is 100% more important than coming back to wrestling. Being a good father is more important than going out there and expounding on my belief that doing more hammerlocks in wrestling is good for the business!
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The older I get, the more I see a straight path where I want to go. If you're going to hunt elephants, don't get off the trail for a rabbit.
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I'm not interested in the past or in talking about myself.
