Mark Walport Quotes
We owe it to ourselves and to our policy makers to have a high standard of public debate about the future of our energy supplies.
Quotes to Explore
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I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
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How hard have those intolerant of John Adams's perspective worked to strip from young people any hope of knowing the concepts and truths that help deal with life?
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Imagine a world in which no writer has written a literary novel in sixty years. Imagine a place where not a single person has read a book that is truly about the character at its center.
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It's time for some common sense from federal agencies.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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I still keep my accent.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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One of the first things I learned in the Marine Corps is that any military mission has to be defined as precisely as you can possibly define it, and then you size the force and equipment force to accomplish that mission without fail.
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But I am delighted to be a Dodger, I grew up a Dodger fan and now my dreams have really come true.
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Successful writers say you should never work from a desk with a view, and the view I have from this one is a huge distraction. There's a garden bursting with fresh vegetation, and just beyond the high wall at the end of it, I can see the sign of the local pub across the road. Distractions, eh? I'm so easily led.
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The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and religion will become secondary.
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I saw 'The Empire Strikes Back' the week that it came out. My father was a huge 'Star Wars' fan. And so when it came out, my dad took me.
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We owe it to ourselves and to our policy makers to have a high standard of public debate about the future of our energy supplies.
