Chris Patten Quotes
I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.
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I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.
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Education in the past has been too much inspiration and too little information.
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If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.
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I've had death threats, if you can imagine.
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People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
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The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.
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There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.
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The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.
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You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
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At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds.
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Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species; we are much better with tools and narrative storytelling.
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No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.
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The best description of the Old Testament that I heard was that it starts out as mythology, then it becomes legend, then it becomes history. In the mythological period - there is a distinct mythological period in the Old Testament, where the time spans are impossible and really just imagined.
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I've made some films for the military that are teaching things like cultural awareness and leadership issues, that sort of stuff. And try to, in essence, look at what training they're doing and say, 'This is how you can improve the training from a humanistic point of view.'
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Could women's liberation ever be a revolutionary movement, not rhetorically but on the ground?
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I used to try and concentrate the poem so much that there wasn't a word that wasn't essential. This leads to becoming boring and constipated.
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A married philosopher belongs in comedy, that is my proposition-and as for that exception, Socrates-the malicious Socrates, it would seem, married ironically, just to demonstrate this proposition.
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I notoriously get the hiccups. When I get the hiccups, I get it numerous times in one day.
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I try to stay away from talking about boys all the time. You can go to Taylor Swift to hear that.
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One thing that remains consistent throughout anything I do in life really is remaining true to myself and trusting my gut instincts.
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I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.
