James Dyson Quotes
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Any actor wants their movies and their work to be seen. You don't make a movie or get into this profession for your work not to be seen and just to show them to your mates at home.
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We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.
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A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.
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First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.
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We constantly abuse and defend a woman's prerogative to change her mind.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.
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Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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Sorry, no, I'm never satisfied with my drumming.
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To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily.
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When 'Ice Ice Baby' was selling a million records a day, I bought several properties: a home next to Michael J. Fox in L.A., a palace in Miami and a mountain cabin in Utah. Then, a few years later, I took a break from touring, saw that my properties had cobwebs, so I sold them, and - to my surprise - I made a huge profit!
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I've been an actress for years, and I've worked with one female director. Statistically it's less than 7% or 12% - I mean, it's low, not representative. So, hopefully, more women will be given opportunities to direct, or create opportunities to direct themselves.
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What feels most productive to me isn't to think so much in terms of how I can be alternative, but how I can be subversive in a way that feels organic, how I can connect with people, and how I can just be myself, which may be the hardest thing to be.
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People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.
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When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Neruda's poetry. I don't actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I don't know why, but it calms me, calms my brain.
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Asian-Americans are still regarded as 'other' by many of their fellow-citizens.
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Early in my career, I wanted to be a mathematician.
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I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
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The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
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I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want to be, and also have love, not only for ourselves but from a partner.
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China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.
