John Vanbrugh Quotes
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I was a very defiant child, and my father encouraged that. He wanted me to be as wild and creative as possible and didn't believe in disciplining children.
Sadie Frost
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
Jack Ma
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I will fight 'GGG,' and I will beat 'GGG,' but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.
Canelo Alvarez
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Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics in urban areas.
Ian Smith
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Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more driven by factors other than taxes and spending, e.g. increases in technological progress and improved human capital.
Lars Feld
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One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community.
Ban Ki-moon
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I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65.
Adam Clayton
U2
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I do get stopped a bit now and then, but I can go to the supermarket and on the Tube without being noticed. It's usually me that gets starstruck, especially by TV stars.
Eddie Redmayne
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Life isn't about the final moments, it's about the journey, it's about process. What makes 'Rocky' work as a movie is seeing him working his way up from the streets to the arena and the fight of his life. You could just show that fight, and it would be great, but seeing that journey illuminates that fight and adds profound meaning to it.
J. Michael Straczynski
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As humans, we all want our own island. Of course, the truth is, we're never going to get it.
T. C. Boyle
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It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
T. S. Eliot
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I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct.
Karl Lagerfeld
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Children always know when their mothers are crazy - they just never admit it, not out loud, to anyone.
Sarah Addison Allen
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I'm buying records a lot, like, every week I'm just buying old reissues or old originals or new records that I have heard about.
Tim Gane
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I was able to be distant by portraying another person, another character, if you will, and I found myself not stuttering and not having anxiety attacks when I was portraying another soul, another being, and I found comfort in that. I think many actors do, playing someone other than themselves.
Pam Grier
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The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms.
Thomas Sowell
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Sometimes we need to tell ourselves that we're not going to do certain things, just in order to stay sane.
Will Oldham
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Much of a muchness.
John Vanbrugh