Martin Jacques Quotes
Ever since Pele's extraordinary talents blessed the world of football, black footballers have been accepted in the pantheon of the greats. But to achieve commercial recognition is somewhat different: it requires a form of adulation that also spells identification and role model.
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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I am not honest.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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I take a lot of pictures.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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I'm a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that.
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I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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I make images from things I find serendipitously. I don't know what it is, but I know it when I see it. It could be from a newspaper, on the street. It could be something I fell over.
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If you look at the beginning of this country, when the pilgrims came to this country, the first year they had a communistic experiment. They said, 'OK, we're going to take the land, we're going to work the land together and share in the fruits of our labor.' They almost starved to death. Almost half of them died that first year.
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Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs.
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What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this or that.
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It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace.
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Ah! soul of mine! Ah! soul of mine! Thy sluggish senses are but bars That stand between thee and the stars, And shut thee from the world divine.
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As long as we're dependent on those fossil fuels, we're dependent on the Middle East. If we are not victims, we're certainly captives.
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Ever since Pele's extraordinary talents blessed the world of football, black footballers have been accepted in the pantheon of the greats. But to achieve commercial recognition is somewhat different: it requires a form of adulation that also spells identification and role model.
