David Mellor Quotes
And I'd like to say this to Sir James Goldsmith.......who has got nothing to be smug about, and I would like to say that 1,500 votes is a derisory total. We have shown tonight that the Referendum Party is dead in the water, and Sir James can get off back to Mexico knowing your attempt to buy the British political system has failed.
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When Mitt Romney talked about Putin expanding his sphere of influence, Obama mocked and said, 'The Cold War has been over 20 years, nothing to be worried about'... We keep making that mistake with Putin.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.
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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.
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When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments.
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I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
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I got lost but look what I found.
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I loved the DOS games, Super Nintendo. And I have a very addictive personality, so I recognize now that I just can't engage in that kind of stuff because I'll never stop. So I no longer play any games.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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I don't remember my first race, but I do recall various school sports days where I became way too competitive. We were seven or eight years old, and I had a very stern conversation with my relay team-mates about how crucial it was for us to win.
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I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
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The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists.
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The vision, determination, stamina, hope, relentlessness, and sheer work that are involved in staying afloat, much less succeeding, are the same whether you are running a window on 47th Street or Miramax Films or Microsoft.
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The more you learn, if you learn it properly, the more clear you become and the more you know.
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I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.
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I'll drink water. Sometimes tomato juice, which I like. Sometimes orange juice, which I like. I'll drink different things. But the Coke or Pepsi boosts you up a little.
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And I'd like to say this to Sir James Goldsmith.......who has got nothing to be smug about, and I would like to say that 1,500 votes is a derisory total. We have shown tonight that the Referendum Party is dead in the water, and Sir James can get off back to Mexico knowing your attempt to buy the British political system has failed.
