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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Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails.
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The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.
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There's a lot of sub-conscious stuff you may write but you don't then suddenly sit down and take out your analytical books and say: I'm determined to find out where this came from. You'd probably be wrong anyway.
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I'm blessed to have a family, so it's not like I'm twiddling my thumbs. When I'm not working, that's where all my attention comes.
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My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.
