Mark Walport Quotes
When governments work well, they safeguard citizens' health, well-being, resilience and security, and they increase prosperity. To do this, they must respond effectively to the new, the unexpected, and the game-changing.
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
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Cricket is very simple... you play till you can sustain.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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I've always known from the beginning of my acting career that you only get an acting job if you've got something to learn about it. If you don't do it well, you'll be condemned to doing the same role over and over and over again. If you do it mediocre, you'll have to do it again.
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Fuseproject was founded in 1999, and the notion behind it, which is alive and kicking today, is fusing different disciplines. Our teams are absolutely incredible at their own discipline, but most importantly, they're incredible at partnering with each other.
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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.
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The opening lines of a book are so important. You really need to somehow charm your reader. If you can't get her attention in the first pages, you may have lost her. There has to be an ambience.
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The thing is, God has already seen every twist and turn of your life. He already knows what's in your heart. He already knows the decisions you've made. He's just waiting for you to call on Him and be honest with Him like Jonah was.
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Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.
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Generally I draw every day just to keep my hand in. I draw while I'm sitting on the Tube or in restaurants. Just doodling things and people I see.
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Growing your own garden is way less expensive than going out shopping and eating.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself, more than anyone else.
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When governments work well, they safeguard citizens' health, well-being, resilience and security, and they increase prosperity. To do this, they must respond effectively to the new, the unexpected, and the game-changing.
