C. Northcote Parkinson Quotes
The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel and misrepresentation.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
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I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice.
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I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
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We've seen smaller guys in main event fights, and they do well. It just takes the right combination of people I think. I think Dominick Cruz v. T.J. Dillashaw could have main-evented a PPV and done pretty good.
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The question in the Simpson case has never been whether he is guilty or not guilty but, given the facts and circumstances of this case, whether it is possible for him to be innocent. And the answer to that question has always been an unequivocal no.
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Too often, when Europeans talked of trans-Atlantic ties, we focused on the North Atlantic only.
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I think being a character actor is exciting in that it allows you to embody completely different things, whether it's through wild accents or a crazy bad guy or a drunken good guy.
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I was an accidental model. One day I was asked to me a model by a neighbor who was short on models. Then I got into TV.
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My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.
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Now to the great artist, everything in nature has character.
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Representative Baker is an embarrassment. He is wrong on the issue of enforceability, ... His response to our settlement is explained by his failure to grasp the issues at hand and his failure to do anything to protect small investors.
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In addition to wreaking havoc on our bodies, anger close our inner door, making us feel isolated and distrustful, hindering communication.
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Failure is the seed of success
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Being in combat is not unending high-five moments.
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The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel and misrepresentation.
