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 say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted 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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Id rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.
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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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What the event will be like, being part of the Olympics and being in London, is too much to think about. You've no control over those things, so in a way, it's wasted energy to think of them.
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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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Some of our test families didn't think they had a problem and just used the reporting feature, but they discovered they had a real problem.
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People are attracted to people of high reproductive and genetic potential -the healthy, the fit and the powerful. The consequences of this fact, which goes under the name of sexual selection, are bizarre in the extreme.
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Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.
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A mathematician believes that describing the speed of Mercury with equations amounts to science.
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Listen to what people say when they are mad, that's when the truth comes out.
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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.
