Heather Brooke Quotes
When I came to Britain I was in awe of the British press, afraid of them. But they're not as ferocious as people think. In some instances they are, but when it comes to taking on power they're really deferential.
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You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Different races never fazed me because coming from Bethnal Green, I'd been around people of different races forever. Different class? That was much harder.
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Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
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Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.
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I appreciate everything that has been done for me. After a difficult start, I've just followed my dreams.
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No, we didn't shoot... in the ones that I did there were hardly any sex... there were suggestions of sex scenes but we never actually shot a sex scene as such.
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Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.
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No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly, for good or ill, the least difference to the amenity of the world.
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What typically emerges from looking at kids, gifted and ordinary, is that, from the kids’ point of view, accomplishment, that is, the private sense of mastery, the hard thing suddenly made easy, counts for far more in their inner lives than does the achievement-the competition won, the reward secured.
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It is quite certain that in seeing the people who treat us so well despite their own misfortune, we are more obliged than ever to work hard for their happiness. The king seems to understand this truth; as for myself, I know that in my whole life (even if I live for a hundred years) I shall never forget the day of the coronation.
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The majority is still at the General's disposal.
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I spend most of my life not wanting to be found, and actually, I'm pretty good at it.
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I haven't been hunting for years. It is just a tradition I grew up with.
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I always want to go to the movies and watch something and be moved by something or feel things.
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Phone phreaking is a type of hacking that allows you to explore the telephone network by exploiting the phone systems and phone company employees.
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The amount of data and analysis available for free is a true example of information explosion has leveled the playing field for individual investors.
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I still meet old-school scientists who are like, 'Oh honey, women aren't good at science.' You kind of dismiss them as insane.
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I wish there were two of me and 48-hour days so I could get everything done. But for me, I have to not try and think that everything has to be 100% perfect all the time and leave room for error. As long as my kids feel loved and a priority, everything really is secondary.
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I've jokingly painted some of my favorite collectors as black men, so there's a really great portrait of David LaChapelle, the photographer - my version of him - that's in his collection.
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I know I have to calm down a little bit, but everybody has a different way to pitch, and that’s my way.
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Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.
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I don't think that there's been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it's done them any good.
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When I came to Britain I was in awe of the British press, afraid of them. But they're not as ferocious as people think. In some instances they are, but when it comes to taking on power they're really deferential.
