Bryant H. McGill Quotes
The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
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I don't like controversy.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on makeup and a costume, I have to invariably do it in the same order every time, even if I only did it by chance the first time round.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery.
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I like very much to put on fashion shows.
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Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.
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When given the choice, we’d all rather be happy now … even if that guarantees we’ll all be sad later.
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When you meet a new friend, the world has more light in it, doesn't it? Things become more spontaneous, and more full of laughing and freedom and novelty.
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We are seeing a working-class, a middle class, which over the last three decades has seen their wages and income stagnate, while the very rich have seen their tax burden lighten in ways not seen in three or four decades. It's a face of a country that we need to look at and understand that inequality is perhaps the greatest threat to our economic recovery and democracy, and in that context we must take action.
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I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.
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I've been immersed in manga since I was a kid. I grew up with this culture. So I started to think about how to compare manga to contemporary art.
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The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.
