Mary Berry Quotes
What a privilege and honour it has been to be part of seven years of magic in a tent - 'The Great British Bake Off.'
Quotes to Explore
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.
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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
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I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
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I have seen Colonial churches since I was very small, Colonial painting and polychrome sculpture. And that was all I saw. There was not a single modern painting in any museum, not a Picasso, not a Braque, not a Chagall. The museums had Colombian painters from the eighteenth century and, of course, I saw Pre-Columbian art. That was my exposure.
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Women are complicated. We all know that.
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Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
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Crossroads is second to none in our support of Tea Party candidates. In 2010 and '12, we spent over $30 million for Senate candidates who were Tea Party candidates. We spent almost $20 million for House candidates who were Tea Party candidates.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an urgency for even the most minor of economic data points.
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
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Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.
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I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.
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I'd worked with Mel Harris before, I love working with her, she's great.
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We shifted our philosophy from being a computer mapping group that would support planners to the idea of building actual software that would be well engineered. Because at that time, our software was not well-engineered at all; it was basically built with project funding and for project work, largely by ourselves.
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I suddenly had this really mad desire to have an affair with a woman. I was divorced. I was childless. I figured there's got to be one more way to really tick off my mom.
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What a privilege and honour it has been to be part of seven years of magic in a tent - 'The Great British Bake Off.'
