Chris Patten Quotes

It is not unusual for electorates to want contradictory things, and politicians often make promises accordingly.

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• I'm starting to find my own style.

  

  Kara Hayward
  • Style
  • Find
  • Starting

• My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Mind
  • Opinion
  • Strength

• Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Up
  • Way
  • Working

• I've been happily dedicated to the same woman for a number of years. I never even look at other women.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Women
  • Woman
  • Look

• I love my music, so I want to produce, write, and serve my music. I've had to learn about EQ frequencies and programming and space and clutter and how to be a better piano or bass player - everything.

  

  FKA twigs
  • Music
  • Space
  • Learn

• I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.

  

  Sam Walton
  • Real
  • Job
  • Got

• I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
  • People
  • Life
  • Music

• Isolation is a big part of songwriting.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • Big
  • Songwriting
  • Isolation

• Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • People
  • Society
  • Gender

• Women's art, political art - those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality which I'm resistant to. But I absolutely define myself as a feminist.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Women
  • Art
  • Political

• I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing... getting back to reality.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
  • House
  • Reality
  • Acting

• Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, I want everyone to know that I'm here. We'll talk; we'll visit.

  

  Vance McAllister
  • Want
  • Know
  • Republican

• Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film.

  

  Abraham Zapruder
  • Film
  • Process
  • Watching

• Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Life
  • Control
  • Government

• What's frustrating to me is when, on a low-budget movie, people don't take chances. A big-budget movie, that script's your bible; nobody's going to risk going off the page. But when you're doing a very low-budget film, why not take some chances, intellectually, artistically?

  

  Lance Henriksen
  • People
  • Why
  • Movie

• Personally, I believe people who have a lots of memories are people who are living with zest.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • People
  • Believe
  • Memories

• I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Love
  • Want

• Even though education was key in my family, I had no access to museums or art where we lived. I was a bit starved.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Family
  • Art
  • Education

• When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.

  

  Nelson Mandela
  • Lawyer

• For me, I try to see difficulties as a way of expanding and growing as a person inhabiting this planet.

  

  Jane Badler
  • Growing

• 'Granted, not really a joke, but how often do you get a mic in your hand? You know? So. I am sorry but don't anybody trip on my soap box on the way out. Don't anybody trip over that. And the chip on my shoulder's a little heavy. I have back problems now.'

  

  Janeane Garofalo
  • Hand
  • Sorry

• Well, listen, you know, the Czech saying is, you know, when you are drowning you are grabbing even a little twig. That's what all Czechs were doing, grabbing for... with the hope for this little twig.

  

  Milos Forman
  • Knows
  • Drowning
  • Grabbing

• It is not unusual for electorates to want contradictory things, and politicians often make promises accordingly.

  

  Chris Patten