Neil MacGregor Quotes
There's the constant concern with what happens to you when you die. Every society thinks about that and makes things to deal with that.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives me so crazy - the city traffic and the parking - I just take cabs everywhere.
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To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got to the White House. He is without question the best politician, when he's working at it, of anybody I have ever seen.
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I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
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Who buys French cars? Not me.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
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There's an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like coverage of Hollywood. Madonna is having some spat with Sean Penn. Who cares? And who cares which politician is mad at that politician?
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I did the Kannada film when just out of school. I didn't know anything about the South Indian film industry at that time, and I did the film to earn some pocket money. I realised then I like acting.
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I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe.
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Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.
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One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of your desire you are still not satisfied. The true antidote of greed is contentment.
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I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully I'll moving toward the writing and directing thing soon.
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The United States needed a civil war to unite properly.
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Between them, my parents had 10 marriages.
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The biggest abuses in society happen when people are not able to communicate and not able to connect.
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There's the constant concern with what happens to you when you die. Every society thinks about that and makes things to deal with that.
