Chris Patten Quotes
I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.
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Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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Team members need to learn to leverage one another, and that doesn't happen over a golf game or on a phone. It happens by getting together and taking the time to know each other.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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My sense of politics and justice was deeply shaped in adolescence by my involvement with the underground punk - rock scene, and though lots of social and political issues had come forth in my comics, it wasn't until my late 20s that I felt properly equipped to address certain issues of race, power, and violence in my work.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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I wouldn't trade a thing. Even the troubles that I had. I have become the husband and mate to my wife that I have because of what I went through, including the bad times. I wouldn't trade that.
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I never fully understand all the drama and machinations within the Eagles.
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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.
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Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch. They take a lot of time, and you have to keep the energy up.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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Democrats hate America being a world power because world power gives power to the nation instead of to Democrats.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear.
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We must do everything to ensure that the Euro 2016 is a success.
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With a film, you just don't have time to build sympathy for the character. But I think we're moving away from that in TV. With TV, you have a little more leeway to allow them to rise and fall and rise again and be much more complicated beings.
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To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
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I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.
