Meredith Whitney Quotes
People knew that Murdoch's media estate in the UK was too powerful and it was doing very unpleasant things.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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'Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They're the cemetery workers.
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I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.
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I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.
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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
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Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression.
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If I see something that inspires me, I'll dress like it.
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Providing classified information to a foreign agent of the People's Republic of China is a real and serious threat to our national security.
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It is God's planet - and he's taking care of it. And I don't believe that anything we do will raise or lower the temperature one point.
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You can't live for other people, you know? You gotta live for yourself and better the people around you and make an impact.
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I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.
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I didn't break into comics to write fairytales or crime comics.
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If all were rich, gold would be penniless.
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People knew that Murdoch's media estate in the UK was too powerful and it was doing very unpleasant things.
