Matt Ridley Quotes
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
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'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.'
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I started visiting schools and talking to kids about bullying and what to do and how to deal with it. I don't think that there is one person who has lived life without being bullied. Everybody gets bullied - whether it's cyber-bullying or to your face or behind your back.
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It's funny because a lot of people that know me as a dancer, don't know that I'm a singer, and a lot of people that know I can sing don't know I can dance. And so, I feel like at some point I have to show them both and really be able to display it and showcase it, and put that out there.
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I'll always love movies. But there's something I love very much about TV, when you shoot episodes while other episodes are still being written.
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There was reference made to our leaders being stupid. It's not a question of stupidity. It's that they don't want to enforce the immigration laws. That there are far too many in the Washington cartel that support amnesty.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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The problem with being married to an athlete who is, like, 19 feet tall and can just eat, like, 17 burgers at 11 o'clock at night is, you're like, 'I'll have just three of those burgers,' and you think you're being good because he had 19 and you had three!
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Hollywood is geared toward teenage idiocy.
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The great thing about Cairo is the vast majority of women wear some kind of head scarf, but they are also very fashion-conscious. They love bright colors.
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It is possible for Japan to become the model of a society that does not rely on nuclear power.
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My own agenda is going to be followed, and that agenda is to maintain very good relations with the international community, and Lebanon has to fulfill its commitments.
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Many classrooms are overcrowded, and splitting the class into smaller groups gives the children more one on one attention.
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Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare.
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I never want to put my name on something that I don't love or wouldn't wear myself.
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Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.
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..the point of a randomizing device like a coin flip, is to make the result uncontrollable by making it sensitive to so many variables that no feasible, finite list of conditions can be singled out as the cause.
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The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of oppression, if they are strong enough, whether by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable.
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It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.
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While massive datasets may feel very abstract, they are intricately linked to physical place and human culture. And places, like people, have their own individual character and grain.
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To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'
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Evolving is not a goal but a means to solving a problem.
