Chris Matthews Quotes
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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Under Hitler it was the entrepreneurial and professional classes who were the first victims of Nazi boycotts and exclusion. Today it is Israel, the most powerful symbol of Jewish national resurgence in two millennia.
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Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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My personal philosophy is that people should be extremely selfish for the first half of their life and extremely unselfish for the second half because then they can do the most good.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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I was lucky. My parents and teachers provided me with a wonderful and secure childhood where I always knew I was loved, valued, and listened to.
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All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
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Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.
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Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament.
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.
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Only one chance one bullet in the gun. This is my life and I only got one, yeah. The safety’s off and I put on her. Oh stick ‘em up, stick ‘em up. Ready to shoot.
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Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.
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The more failure you can accept, the greater your chance of success.
