Joan Collins Quotes
I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a very tedious attitude.
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.
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China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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Allowing adult children who live at home who are in between jobs to stay on their parents' health care, I think that's a lot of Republican support for that, with or without Obamacare.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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If you fire people, you fire customers.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.
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We all have to make choices in life.
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The human mind inherently seeks intelligible order. Thus the conviction that such an order exists to be found is a crucial assumption.
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I think very few people still understand the distinction between CEOs on Wall Street and the hedge-fund billionaires operating separately.
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It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.
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I have the flying dream a lot where I'm jumping off a building and just flying around.
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There's this great TV show we have called 'Later... with Jools Holland', a live-music show on Friday nights. Anyone and everyone's been on it.
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This democracy… The elections in Iraq were held despite the American opposition. It was the will of the Iraqi people and the religious authorities. The elections were the result of pressure by Ayatollah Sistani, by the Iraqi religious authorities, and by the fighting forces in Iraq on America. They left the US no choice but to allow the elections.
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When people say, 'You run like a girl; you play like a girl,' it's not what it used to be. That shouldn't be negative. You should be proud to play like a girl.
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When I appear in public people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail - none of which is easy.
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I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a very tedious attitude.
