Francois Nars Quotes
I like shocking, but I don't like to shock as an automatic process. Sometimes it happens, but it's not my main drive.
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I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week.
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Once I finish shooting, I head straight home and spend time with my family. It's only when I have to promote my films that I make public appearances.
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I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
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The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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I came from Canada, where it's freezing cold for seven months out of the year.
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I've paid my dues in the classical trenches.
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The last thing that should happen is funding cut for education; it should be increased. We need to put more money towards education, and anything else is abusive.
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News is the backbone of our network; the main commodity and the main successes of Al Jazeera came out of our involvement in covering the news in the Middle East.
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America is not a wily, sneaky nation. We don't think that way. We don't think much at all, thank God.
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Numerous studies have shown how when one person in a romantic coupling gets depressed, the other becomes more depressed.
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The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.
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I've travelled a huge amount, but almost all of it has been through work. I spent five years stationed in London in the special services of the American Air Force, producing and directing shows for the troops, which I absolutely loved.
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I don't think there could've been a pitch as crass as Trump's 'I can fix America because I'm rich' without that groundwork laid by Davos and the Clinton Global Initiative.
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It's a false proposition that we have to take the arts away to fund something else.
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I want to be the best. I want to be counted on by my teammates. I want to be counted on by this organization and the fans. I want to be someone they know is going to bring it every single week. I prepare to be the best.
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I'm never going to be a size zero and, to be honest I don't want to be.
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Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.
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When I was studying at Berklee, I got the feeling I couldn't play the [guitar] at all, because I could not use my own things as they didn't fit any set pattern. When I joined [Chico Hamilton], he helped me immensely to develop my own style. He never forced me in any set way. At all times, he encouraged me to be myself on the instrument.
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The god is the beautiful.
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We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself - your own house - which we never do.
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I like shocking, but I don't like to shock as an automatic process. Sometimes it happens, but it's not my main drive.
