John Chamberlain Quotes

I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.

John Chamberlain

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• In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.

  

  Harald zur Hausen
  • Life
  • Question
  • Cancer

• If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Up
  • You
  • Like

• No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.

  

  Ian Hislop
  • Help
  • Rules
  • Fast

• I've always thought George Carlin was brilliant.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Always
  • Thought
  • Brilliant

• I'm very flirtatious, and I enjoy it.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Enjoy
  • Very
  • Flirtatious

• One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.

  

  Sam Mendes
  • Movie
  • Want
  • Lifetime

• When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.

  

  Barkhad Abdi
  • Work
  • American
  • America

• Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.

  

  Jack Kent Cooke
  • Earth
  • Sports
  • Face

• I had a low image of myself because I was brought up in the deep Depression.

  

  S. Truett Cathy
  • Up
  • Myself
  • Deep

• I get scripts and think, 'There's not enough here to get my teeth stuck into.' That's a result of studying English, where you luxuriate in these big, lush novels.

  

  Ophelia Lovibond
  • Think
  • English
  • Teeth

• It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?

  

  Laura Wade
  • Same
  • Opportunities
  • Until

• I got a horse when I was eight or 10 years old. And dad used to take me to the rodeo back home. I got into it big time.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Time
  • Home
  • Dad

• Well, we're in show business, and I have been making a living in this business a long time and inevitably it means taking what it is that you've done and hopefully you're showing it to a lot of people who like it.

  

  Walter Hill
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• There's discussion in athletics about how sport - where they say 'SportsCenter' has ruined the fundamentals of basketball because it's - it only applauds dunks and three point shots and blocks, and I think, you know, the cable news has done the same thing for politics.

  

  Dan Pfeiffer
  • Done
  • Politics
  • Same

• Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Democracy
  • End
  • Limitations

• Mum tries to make every race that she can.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • She
  • Race
  • Tries

• Either you sit on the pile of cash, or you continue to grow.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • You
  • Grow
  • Cash

• Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.

  

  Olivia Thirlby
  • People
  • Together
  • Filmmaking

• When I posted my first video, I remember it hit 700 views after a week, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this is amazing.' I was over the moon.

  

  Lilly Singh
  • God
  • Remember
  • Amazing

• I like bootcut jeans in a plain style with a nice line.

  

  Martin Freeman
  • Nice
  • Style

• I’m always looking to top the last match, I’m always looking to entertain the fans and steal the show. Before I always thought that it was a case of opportunities, but I’m learning that it’s all in my control and I just want to keep on doing what I’m doing by giving my best. I’ve got a couple more magical matches left in me and hopefully at some stage, I guess the biggest honour would be going into the TNA Hall of Fame.

  

  Gail Kim
  • Opportunity
  • Couple
  • Stealing

• I saw Derek Jacobi play Hamlet when I was 17, and he directed me as Hamlet when I was 27, and I directed him as Claudius in 'Hamlet' when I was 35, and I'm hoping we meet again in some other production of Hamlet before we both toddle off.

  

  Kenneth Branagh
  • Hamlet

• To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people.

  

  Megan Smith
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it.

  

  John Chamberlain