Matthew Yglesias Quotes
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Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going to be away for about four months of year now.
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I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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If I tried to flirt with a woman and she didn't know who I was, she would run away.
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One of the things we found out as we filmed with people who dealt with chimps, and with all animals, and it's really incredible, is their levels of intelligence that we don't recognize right away.
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As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together.
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Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!
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My Christian Louboutins are also one of the secrets to my not-for-profit success. Here's why - and it's something that everyone who manages employees, whether in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit, should keep in mind: A little extravagance goes a long way.
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You can have old guys who aren't willing to be coached just like you can have young guys who aren't willing to be coached.
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My parents are not shy, clearly publicly and otherwise, in expressing their hopes that they will soon be grandparents.
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At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message by all the TV managers and news directors who passed on me when I was trying to get a job back in the business.
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When I was young and ocean-racing competitively, and working the rest of the time, I was going 24 hours. I was on the verge of collapsing. But you've got to slow down a bit.
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I have restaurants, bookshops... but it's not an empire, more... a puzzle. If it were an empire, all my restaurants would be the same.
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I'm trying to inform people, so I try to present them with accurate information.
