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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I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is a force for evil.
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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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During a season, you have different moments, up and down, but you have to hope in a good team to have good stability.
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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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Even the White House has a press agent.
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You can start imagining all kinds of things characters would feel, but you have to have a sense of whether those imaginings might be right.
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People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity. (from inside the cover)
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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.
