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.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
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I've been happily dedicated to the same woman for a number of years. I never even look at other women.
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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.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people.
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Isolation is a big part of songwriting.
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Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
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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.
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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.
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Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, I want everyone to know that I'm here. We'll talk; we'll visit.
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Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film.
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Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.
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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?
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Personally, I believe people who have a lots of memories are people who are living with zest.
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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.'
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Even though education was key in my family, I had no access to museums or art where we lived. I was a bit starved.
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If I read or listened to critics of our music, I'd have been discouraged a long time ago.
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Throughout Yorkshire's history, the committee had not been known for its visionary approach. They just assumed that because Yorkshire had been fantastic in the past, and the county was full of kids wanting to play cricket, everything would be okay.
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Comfort is key for me. I'm a bigger guy, so whatever fits is nice, too.
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MAN’S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION.
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It is not unusual for electorates to want contradictory things, and politicians often make promises accordingly.
