John Aubrey Quotes
He pronounced the letter R (littera canina) very hard – a certaine signe of a Satyricall Witt.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
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I would like 'I Dream of Genie' powers.
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I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of everything.
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If you're CEO of a company, you have to be a public person. You're speaking to the press, you're speaking to investors, you're speaking to employees, you're the public face of the company and so kind of naturally you become more extroverted, more outwards facing.
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Over-eating is the addiction choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions.
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I think I'll be single my whole life. It's entirely possible I'm going to end up alone. Because I don't want to make any sacrifices for my own development and achieving what I want to achieve, and I don't want a family to get in the way of that.
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The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments.
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My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.
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A lot of girls think they have to choose between being the smart geeky type or the beautiful bimbo.
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Kmart's as much a part of my history as 'Charlie's Angels.' Twenty-five years! It's not just a celebrity brand.
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Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film afterward.
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I grew up in a house full of women. I have two older sisters and my mum who is a very strong woman.
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Man does not live by words alone, in spite of the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
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I do think America has made it quite clear that it is in the interest both of America and China to avoid situations in which they will be pushed toward a collision.
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My children and their happiness have always been my greatest concern.
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To know when one's self is interested, is the first condition of interesting other people.
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A rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in society that would blunt your critical faculties to all that is happening around you, that would caution silence in the face of injustice lest you jeopardise your chances of promotion and self-advancement.
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Michelle Obama blows my mind. Form and function, style and grace.
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'If we are focused on making money only, a large slice of life will pass us by.'
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Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.
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In the 1970s, as historians became enchanted with microhistories, economists were expanding the reach of their discipline. Nations, states and cities began to plan for the future by consulting with economists whose prognostications were shaped by investment cycles rather than historical ones.
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He pronounced the letter R (littera canina) very hard – a certaine signe of a Satyricall Witt.
