Rowan Williams (Rowan Douglas Williams) Quotes
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.
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I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic.
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They're dressing like in the 50's when they come out to the shows, and many of them have vintage cars.
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I like writing for teenagers because they're not snobs.
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I love all music. Right now I am loving Josh Grobin and Kelly Clarkson.
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There is overwhelming bipartisan support outside of Washington that we need to finally secure our borders, enforce our laws, and stop the problem of illegal immigration.
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A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.
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It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.
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I would like to find, or I would like a part to come to me that is like the part that Dennis Franz was fortunate to be able to play on 'NYPD Blue,' a sort of similar-looking actor to me, a generic, bald white guy who you would often think of as playing the authority figure. But he was the disgruntled middle-man. That would be a fun character.
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I have so many goals and aspirations that sometimes I lose myself.
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I ended up working in Michigan for a young company called Sycor out of Michigan, worked there, and that company got bought by Northern Telecom. We became the Bell Northern Research Labs of Northern Telecom.
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That was FedEx Field the way I sure remember it, ... We needed everything we could get today to win this game.'
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You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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Modern education develops the intellect and imparts skills, but does not promote qualities in any way.
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Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of life is a fusebox.
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The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.
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I have this theory that anything that happens to you that leaves you alive and intact can be used somewhere in your writing.
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This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his life for his country in a ladies' lavatory in Upper Bavaria.
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We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse the papers, and there is so little to read in them. It is the same with radio - all that noise, that artifice.
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A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.
