John Hutton (Baron Hutton of Furness) Quotes
Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union.
Quotes to Explore
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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I like writing better. Because I don't have to wear makeup, I don't have to be thin, and I don't have to remember lines.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
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Art is art, and journalism is journalism.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles.
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There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
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Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.
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Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but you are not addressing other people as 'I' – you are inhabiting that 'I.'
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English writing tends to fall into two categories - the big, baggy epic novel or the fairly controlled, tidy novel. For a long time, I was a fan of the big, baggy novel, but there's definitely an advantage to having a little bit more control.
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I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.
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You always want your films to go as far as they can.
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You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position.
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A new species is arising on the planet. It is arising now, and you are it!
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There is no more light in a genius than in any other honest man-but he has a particular kind of lens to concentrate this light into a burning point.
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I think I've had extremes of being unable to exist outside of my own head, and then I only am existing for other people... There's a middle ground where I should take care of myself and other people.
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I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.
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I want to invest and have my own record label and artists. I want to have a business where my kids, kids, kids will still have something going on long after I'm gone.
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I would have loved to do 'Alice in Wonderland.' Being a 'Bond' girl would always be fun. We had a lot of action in 'Eclipse' and I'd definitely like to continue down the action road. I want to do a romantic period piece, but those are really hard to get made because they're very expensive and there's not a huge demographic.
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Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union.
