Oliver Jackson-Cohen Quotes
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'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.
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Money can't buy everything, but it can buy most of it. Because of money, I could give my parents a comfortable life.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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Just to be fighting for the belt, I was already happy. No pressure at all.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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We have Al Jazeera Arabic news, Al Jazeera English news, of course; we have three sports channels, and we have Al Jazeera Mubasher, which is a live channel that broadcasts live press conferences and symposiums and meetings. And, of course, we have Al Jazeera commentary in Arabic.
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Of all the labels and tags and epithets people have forced upon me, there's one I don't dislike. I get called the 'enfant terrible.' In every article, it's always there. So I have to give that a meaning.
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When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
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I have been called brave in my time, but brave as I may have been against foreign invaders, I have no heart to shed Filipino blood.
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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I started writing 'The Lord of Opium' in 2008 and produced about 80 pages before disaster struck. Three eye operations nearly put an end to my career.
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I think even great writers only write two books that you might like. When I think of my touchstone writers like Saul Bellow, I think of 'Henderson the Rain King.' With Don DeLillo, I think of 'Libra.'
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I'm not really a food connoisseur.
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I love Dior and Commes des Garcons, but I can't really afford them.
