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 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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My voice is not for me. Every time I make a sentence I think how many people for how many generations had a voice that no one could hear. At most they will be remembered as numbers; in many cases, even numbers don’t exist.
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While still a young student at film school, I was lucky enough to get a golden ticket to a Martin Scorsese master class at BAFTA in Piccadilly: fancy, but technically still 'the flicks'.
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When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right.
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There's not much you can do about time - it just keeps on passing. But experience? Don't tell me that. I'm not proud of it, but I don't have any sexual desire. And what sort of experience can a writer have if she doesn't feel passion? It'd be like a chef without an appetite.
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That which you believe becomes your world
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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.
