Walter Scott Quotes
Chivalry!-why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection-the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant-Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
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I'm not a control freak.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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Kai-Fu's Innovation Works is the top very-early-stage fund in China. We are proud to be an investor, and hope that IW will help to produce in China companies on the scale of Facebook, Zynga, or Groupon.
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Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.
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Reading is a huge part of life.
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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.
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Love is a positive, symbiotic, reciprocal flow between two or more entities.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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Everybody has a story... and a scream.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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I love the ending of a movie where two people end up together. Preferably if there's rain and an airport or running or a confession of love.
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Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.
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Chinese economic development has cost many American workers their jobs. That's the price of progress.
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Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.
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Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.
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I've got a friend who is a lion tamer. He used to be a school teacher till he lost his nerve.
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There are so many problems to solve on this planet first before we begin to trash other worlds.
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Chivalry!-why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection-the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant-Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.
