Chris Patten Quotes
I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.
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I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.
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I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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I can hold my breath for 7 minutes and 5 seconds.
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I don't have much time for shopping so I pick things up when I can. My favorite labels are APC, Isabel Marant and Agnes B because the clothes are cut small and have a simplicity to them.
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We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.
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I am prepared to admit that when it comes to dealing with the House and Senate leaders, Obama is terrible. But he's great with the public. Which hates the House and Senate as much as he does.
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Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.
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Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.
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When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble.
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Piglet took Pooh's arm, in case Pooh was frightened.
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Is all the world jails and churches?
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I discovered that maybe it was fate all along, that faith was just an illusion that somehow you're in control.
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When young Mark Robarts was leaving college, his father might well declare that all men began to say all good things to him, and to extol his fortune in that he had a son blessed with so excellent a disposition.
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The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself, the Secret of the generation of the Angels and Worlds, that of the Omnipotence of God.
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The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess.
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I just think fashion is about enjoying yourself and being comfortable in your skin and allowing you to be you - all the way live.
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Jack, you have like serious anger management issues.
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I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.
