John Buchan Quotes
Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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We see new things all the time. We see new retroviruses out there - which is the category that HIV falls into - and we're very, very concerned because this is the part of the world where HIV jumped from chimpanzees to humans.
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That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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I am joining the hundreds of thousands who shall be marching in the Virtual March on Washington to Stop Global Warming in order to demonstrate the concern that we all hold for the future of our planet and all the living things - flora, fauna, human and animal - that exist upon it.
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I don't want any romantics to go into the military. I'm not a pacifist. I think we need a military, and the better one we have, the better off we are. I don't want kids going in there thinking that it's John Wayne on Iwo Jima. That's not healthy.
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If there's one thing that 2009 showed us, it's that everything is happening everywhere, across multiple platforms, each one making waves that end up crashing against each other and commingling into one giant media sea.
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I went to Moses Malone's golf tournament in Houston, and I've been hooked ever since.
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Portion control is a real problem. My husband and I always split one appetizer and one entree. I'm sure waiters hate us.
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I was once asked if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.
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I was never really that aware of commercial things. The stuff that was really influential to me were bands like the Misfits or the Birthday Party, or things like that. If someone said, "Do you love Judas Priest?" - I never really even had a Judas Priest record. That's not what I grew up with. That wasn't really my scene, you know? That's why White Zombie never really fit. I still don't fit.
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I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes (harmonies) that were being used all the time. ... I found that by using the higher intervals of a chord as a melody line and backing them with appropriately related changes I could play the thing I'd been hearing. I came alive.
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Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.
