Bob Barr Quotes
Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Women love a self-confident bald man.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.
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What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.
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Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even like. They're these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really don't reflect who women are, and there's something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.
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What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets Girl,' 'Will Boy Get Girl?'
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You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play it.
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I started singing in pubs and clubs around Belfast when I was 10. My dad is a musician, and he took me 'round; I impersonated Tina Turner and Shirley Bassey, and the crowd couldn't believe what was coming out of this little girl.
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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of my age were influenced by his very individual vocal delivery. He was a showman who would always play to the gallery.
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An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship - it is a crime against our nature as human beings.
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I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me. May He be blessed for ever! Amen.
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When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.
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Man's hope can paint a purple picture, can transform a soaring vulture into a noble eagle or a moaning dove.
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I never went to work on a movie set until I was a producer and director.
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Regulators are a backstop: they don't own banks. The governance at the top of our leading banks has been shown to be lamentably weak. No one at the top of Barclays will take responsibility for systemic abuse.
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In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire.
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The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
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Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.
