Douglas Kirkland Quotes
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The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more disruptive crises.
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A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.
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Sorry, there's nothing like a screaming baby to make a mother twitch.
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I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.
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It's not only about the material things - I also have a spiritual side.
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Instead of getting angry at somebody for opposing you on something, you're just praying for them. You just pray blessings on them, blessings on their family.
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I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.
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My mother taught me to read.
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
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Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about.
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Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was a story about the fear of immigration; the bad old bloodsucker swooping in from Eastern Europe and also preying upon 'our' vulnerable women.
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I write in the studio.
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I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.
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You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
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People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.
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I work hard, but my modeling career gives my views undeserved attention.
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I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.
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It is important to ask ourselves, as citizens, whether a world power can provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety.
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Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
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Fox bought the rights to the book way back when, and there was this attempt by Fox to make a movie out of 'The Hot Zone,' and it tended tragically in a Hollywood disaster involving Robert Redford and Jodie Foster and Ridley Scott. But the rights have been sitting at Fox ever since.
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Almost everyone will find something in our services worth paying for.
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
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Auditions are very strange - you're there to win, to seek approval. They never get easier, but I did realise that you're there voluntarily, after all.
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You must adapt to the situation. This is where the pictures come from.
