Joe Orton Quotes
The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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As newly created P2P businesses disrupt the status quo and compete with established companies, they face the difficulty of fitting a square peg into a round hole when it comes to existing regulatory regimes that don't contemplate their business models.
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All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.
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I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.
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I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'
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Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the '70s.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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If you set out to write an adjective novel, you're setting out to write a mediocre novel; your allegiance is to the adjective, not to the story, and then that just sucks all the joy right out of it.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
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I think for any artist, your voice is always evolving. For me, the constant is finding a tension or balance between drama and comedy.
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Being on 'American Idol,' the blessings of glasses have rained from the sky. I really would like to start a Danny line or a Gokey line of eyeglasses.
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And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done.
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One of my biggest fears is thinking that there are people in my house when I'm home alone.
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Nothing is costed properly and it's destroying the earth. We need to re-educate people that what is good for the planet is good for the financial system.
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The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.
