Brian P. Cleary Quotes
If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued.
Quotes to Explore
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I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.
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This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
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I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
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I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.
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The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down.
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Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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I don't move away from grief, rather through it.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.
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Big cities do evoke a sense of menace.
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A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on.
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The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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We're just one rock surrounded by this immense universe.
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If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued.
