Martin Jacques Quotes
The move towards neoliberalism in Britain was intimately bound up with the embrace of the U.S. as the country to be aped and copied.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I think I need security.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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I was made fun of a lot in middle school. When I was in seventh grade, the popular kids paid the most popular guy to ask me out.
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As Americans after 9/11, we're much more united, together as a nation, and we got stronger, better, and more at peace. By peace, I mean the harmony you can feel in our united determination to fight these terrorists and killers.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.
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I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
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It's partly that I'm an extrovert and that I like being with people. If you shut me up in a library with nothing else around for weeks on end, I'd go mad! I have to sort of go out.
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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
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Troubles cured you salty as a country ham, smoky to the taste, thick-skinned and tender inside.
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The move towards neoliberalism in Britain was intimately bound up with the embrace of the U.S. as the country to be aped and copied.
