Chris Patten Quotes
Asians ... put more emphasis on order, stability, hierarchy, family and self-discipline than Westerners do.
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
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The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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When you've heard one bagpipe tune, you've heard them both.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.
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I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.
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I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I come from a family of Catholic Italians, and that will always be in my blood.
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Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it.
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It will be nice to get back home. We want first overall in our conference and first overall. We're going to try win every game from here on out. It's too bad we didn't get one tonight.
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Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.
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I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where my training is.
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Asians ... put more emphasis on order, stability, hierarchy, family and self-discipline than Westerners do.
