Gemma Arterton Quotes
My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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The signs of climate change are visible across the nation, from the drought-stricken fields of Central California to the flooded streets of Michigan. Extreme weather is turning people's lives upside down and costing communities millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure and added health care costs.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks, and you really get to work on the material, and by the time you're in front of an audience, you really own it.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
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Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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The best way to get to know the place you are traveling in is to walk around... and the best way to walk around is with comfortable shoes! Grab your travel buddy and your running shoes and go explore!
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People still say to me, 'What, you still live in Mexico?' I don't have to go to the United States simply to find work, and I don't have to stop what I'm doing. I mean, which Hollywood film beats 'The Motorcycle Diaries?'
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I always try to block out an hour or so a day to read. Being a writer is a job, and reading helps train my brain in the right direction.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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This is the first generation to grow up on Thatcher - it's a different ethos. It's money minded, and it's the cult of yourself. Now that's fine, except when it falls down, and you can't achieve your goals - through high unemployment, through the fact that you probably need inherited money to get anywhere.
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We go where our family goes. We go where our friends are, and because our social networks are so segregated by race, we end up with what we have. We also find that, you know, if you're immigrants, you're not part of that history.
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Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in America” is a brilliant movie. It’s about four hours long, but it’s so well done.
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We didn't know that the (Jackson) family was as nuts as we're now finding out. Who knew that Michael was the normal one??
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.
