John Major Quotes
Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.
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All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very hard for any boyfriend to handle. All my boyfriends end up insecure.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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I'm not into replicating old movies. But one should never say never. Tomorrow I may feel like making a part 2 of some of my movies.
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I don't quite have the luxury of cherry-picking - I have to see what comes my way. But I have always been picky.
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I always thought I was a pretty terrible actor.
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Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in its entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or 13-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next Twilight movie.
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Music infuses your spirit with a certain energy that I try to convey in my work.
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Most of my time as a legislator, I served in the minority. So I'm used to getting the heel of a loaf of bread.
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I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.
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One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.
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One thing I do understand is that people get scared when I start thinking out loud.
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To disband the armies and destroy the forts, to diffuse love and brotherhood, and peace and justice in the place of war and strife, could tend only to the buidling up of character, the elevation of the soul, and the strength and well-being of the state.
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The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself.
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Our life is made by the death of others.
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Life is not a thing of knowing only - nay, mere knowledge has properly no place at all save as it becomes the handmaiden of feeling and emotion.
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The texture and hardship of poverty and eviction is something that I think left the deepest impression on me, and I hope that I try to convey a little bit of that to the reader.
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The point is that I am such a big fan of Puccini and that Butterfly is the most difficult and complete role that you can imagine. Just to sing it with a good voice is not enough: it asks tears from your soul. I am very emotional on stage, and the music is so tender that I suffer for real when I am singing it. So I cannot do many performances.
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The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.
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Wouldnt it be nice to be like men and get notches in your belt... and not get emotionally involved?
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As leaders, we've all seen the painful effects of team members not keeping pace with company growth - it's called up-leveling, and it's all too common when a company goes from zero to something to hopefully an IPO.
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I think a lot of people who are child actors - it's a weird thing.
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Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.
