C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes
It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.
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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
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To be sure, ASPM isn't the gene responsible for building big brains - there's no such single gene. But it's critical to the process, and the primate line has almost certainly benefited from distinct changes in ASPM.
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Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.
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I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.
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The only thing I regret in life is that I didn't practice basketball more.
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I think L.A. radio is learning from the Bay. The Bay is a very classic place. Mac Mall, C-Bo, all that stuff, they love their artists, they're old school up there. My first big concert was playing in the Bay; I played the Fillmore.
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.
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The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
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I've always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render.
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It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.
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Just because someone looks old doesn't mean he or she is. The skin of some people who spend a lot of time outdoors seems to age very rapidly. Someone can look 80 or 90 and only be 40 to 50.
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I guess one that wouldn't be obvious is - well, maybe it's super obvious, I can't tell - 'I Love Lucy' is my favorite show, going back to when I was 4. I've watched every episode I don't know how many times. It was something to watch women being funny when I was young.
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I chose a time in the century which had the greatest moments for novels - the late '30s and World War II.
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I learned a lot about human nature. So much, in fact, that human nature will be my specialist subject on 'Mastermind'.
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I was an early user of AOL – so early, I didn't even have a number after my user name. For me, email was once vital, both for personal and business uses.
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Growing up I did commercials and things like that, but nothing serious. As I got older, my family is really hardcore into academics. They weren't wanting to necessarily support an acting career; it's a really fickle business, and it can be difficult and unstable. They were rooting for education and the whole nine yards.
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I've always been into looking different.
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It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.
