Heather Brooke Quotes
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself.
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The Premier League is very difficult football and very different to when you play in Europe, but the player has to have experience to adapt, and this is the key point.
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I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I've changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: 'Pick me up!' to someone who might like the book.
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I usually meditate twice a day: Transcendental Meditation.
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I love Karlie Kloss. I want to bake cookies with her!
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I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Friday.
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There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. I would not stay a week pent up in cities if it were not for my passion for art.
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We don't just live; we make.
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I never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met a poor man who did not want to become a rich man.
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Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.
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A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught.
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At least half of your mind is always thinking, I'll be leaving; this won't last. It's a good Buddhist attitude. If I were a Buddhist, this would be a great help. As it is, I'm just sad.
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Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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John Kerry couldn't even order a Philly cheesesteak properly.
