Bob Ainsworth Quotes
I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.
Quotes to Explore
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
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I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read 'Matilda.' I wrote my own version and my teacher had it bound and permitted me to read it to the class - cementing my love of reading, writing and Roald Dahl!
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A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
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Scribbling things down is my therapy. I filter later.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.
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I was brought up in a very small town in upstate New York.
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New York is so full of the best unemployed actors on the planet.
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It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.
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I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.
