Mark Walport Quotes
We are extraordinarily lucky in the U.K. to have inherited a diverse range of cities that bear the imprints of many centuries of human habitation.
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
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The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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My mom says I'm a fighter, a fierce competitor, and I think I am, too.
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Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
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I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.
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Government is waging war against the people.
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I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
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That's the unwritten rule in hip-hop. If I get on a record with you, I want to smash you. That's it. Every MC knows that. If I'm on a track with you, I want to be the best on the track. That's just how it is in hip-hop.
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You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.
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I haven't checked, but I highly suspect that chickens evolved from an egg-laying ancestor, which would mean that there were, in fact, eggs before there were chickens. Genius.
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I didn't change the world.
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The best assurance any one can have of his interest in God, is doubtless the conformity of his soul to Him. When our heart is once turned into a conformity with the mind of God. when we feel our will conformed to His will, we shall then presently perceive a spirit of adoption within ourselves, teaching us to say, 'Abba, Father.'
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All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.
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I think I was 15 the first time I wrote a good song.
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Women priests. Great, great. Now there's priests of both sexes I don't listen to.
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At first, I was called a quack, a charlatan, and worse, year after year, in Australia, England and the United States, by men who simply refused to believe that a nurse from 'the bush' could devise a treatment which succeeded where they had failed.
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There's something to be said about a girl who knows what she wants. One of my favorite girls to dress is Diane Kruger. It's always so easy with her. I know her body and what works. When it's right, it's not a lot of effort.
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Time is an amazing enigma in which seeds that were planted can turn into a vibrant garden if properly pruned.
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Don't forget, I'm 39. I didn't come here just for the money to impress myself. I'm not saying I am going to be dominating. I'm not saying I'm going to be good. But I can promise you I will do all the right things to play.
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Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in the realms of complete freakishness. And I didn't feel like a freak.
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I love cities, and I love city governments in particular. But in politics it would have taken me 8 years from implementing a policy before I would get to see the feedback. With programming I could model the same policies and see the impact immediately. Technology is a far more efficient way to test.
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We are extraordinarily lucky in the U.K. to have inherited a diverse range of cities that bear the imprints of many centuries of human habitation.
