Neil MacGregor Quotes
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
Salman Rushdie -
The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
Zadie Smith -
At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement.
Victoria Osteen -
My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
Imogen Cunningham -
During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
Rachel McAdams -
I write, having seen what's happening already in my head. I see it as a movie, and I'm just writing down what's happening in front of me.
Victoria Aveyard
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
Hans Haacke -
I never dreamt, in my dream, I'm Dalai Lama.
Dalai Lama -
No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
Malaika Arora Khan -
I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
Calista Flockhart -
I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
Falk Hentschel -
What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
Sabrina Carpenter
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All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
Young Jeezy -
I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
Viggo Mortensen -
I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
Taraji P. Henson -
It kind of scares me, the notion that we're going to be injecting ourselves into other countries' affairs when they're not posing a threat to our security. I wouldn't be telling Israel what to do.
Gary Johnson -
No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
Venus Williams -
It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.
Valentina Tereshkova
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Much extremist activity falls short of directly inciting people to violence or other crimes and so is not caught by laws on incitement. Neither does the Public Order Act, used to protect groups of people from harassment, deal with the problem.
David Blunkett -
I feel like some sort of fiction-writing hobo, jumping trains and always hoping I'll find a good place to start a fire in the next town. And I keep having these panicky episodes where I corner my husband and rant at him: 'I don't have anywhere to write! I can't write! I don't have a place to write!'
Rainbow Rowell -
New technology is not good or evil in and of itself. It's all about how people choose to use it.
David Wong -
To know the good is a dangerous thing; to know it for sure is usually fatal for somebody.
Allen Wheelis -
You know, chemo and radiation is a very tough customer. It does so much good, but it also does a lot of damage.
Cindy McCain -
The spread of Viking bling is a good indication of the spread of its culture.
Neil MacGregor