Philip Hammond Quotes
Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.
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I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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I have to say I am a 'Strictly' fan, which is why I am in it. I've always watched it for years. I am not an 'X Factor' fan, and I just think it is a different show. One is about learning something new and having a great time, and the other is rather desperate.
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And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate.
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It's easier to poke holes in an idea than think of ways to fill them. And it's easier to focus on the 100 reasons you shouldn't do something rather than the one reason you should.
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I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.
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The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.
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I'm in no hurry to get old. But when I do, I'll be out to enjoy every last minute. I see myself at 90 in some nursing home, waving my walking stick about as I jive to Gene Vincent records.
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You can only live to be so old, then you gotta let go.
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I was pampered by all my father's directors and producers during childhood. But at home, my father made sure I led a normal life.
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I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.
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I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.
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The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world.
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There is always something about our feeling for beautiful things which can neither be described nor communicated, which is unshared and unshareable.
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I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git.
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Don't walk one step ahead of her with your head down.
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Any human act that gives rise to something new is referred to as a creative act, regardless of whether what is created is a physical object or some mental or emotional construct that lives within the person who created it and is known only to him.
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One of the things about what . . . I do - writing plays - is that a poll is not taken before you say, Well, I'm going to write this because I think that you're going to like this and therefore you'll buy a ticket for this.
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I am against boycotts in general: boycotts against us as well as anything and everything that can be boycotted.
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Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.
