Britne Oldford Quotes
My high school experience was very different than the high school experience on 'Skins.'
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a very Latin staple. It's just so comforting. I look forward to every single Friday because I just can't wait for my rice and beans and chicken.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.
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There's so much innovation going on, and there are lots of people funding that innovation, but there's very little innovation on that infrastructure for innovation itself, so we like to do that ourselves to help companies create more tech companies.
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very much, and we understood each other so well that it was a pleasure to make music.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.
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Politics ruins the character.
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Most American heroes of the Revolutionary period are by now two men, the actual man and the romantic image. Some are even three men - the actual man, the image, and the debunked remains.
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If you know what you want, you use Google. But if you don't know what you want, and you want to be surprised and find something you didn't expect, we want you come to StumbleUpon. Really, that idea of being a discovery engine versus a search engine.
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I also didn't consider myself a huge baby person.
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I like both antireligious and traditional Catholic imagery.
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Sally Field looks amazing in general, never mind her age! She's a phenomenally talented actress and has had a career spanning so many decades.
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My high school experience was very different than the high school experience on 'Skins.'
