Scilla Elworthy Quotes
Real change comes when people are enabled to use their thinking and their energy in a new way, using a different system of thought, different language, and having fresh visions of the future.
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
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In organic chemistry, we have learnt to derive from compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen, i.e. from the hydrocarbons, all other types of combinations, such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, acids, etc.
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Where you don't have people who have strong intellectual capacity, you get demagoguery.
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Tourism is a top priority activity for federal government, which is why it invests an average of over 2,500 million dollars a year in infrastructure works and integral projects that promote Mexico's culture and natural attractions.
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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
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Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
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I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
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I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.
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Now that man can fly through the air like a bird ... and swim in the sea like a fish, wouldn't it be wonderful if he could just walk the earth like a man?
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Only a dad with a tired face,Coming home from the daily race,Bringing little of gold or fameTo show how well he has played the game;But glad in his heart that his own rejoiceTo see him come and to hear his voice.
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The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace.
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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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...The result is the most nauseating display of artificial camaraderie since the horrific Doritos 'Friendchips' TV campaign (which caused 50,000 people to kill themselves in 2003, or should have done).
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The right to carry a gun has nothing to do with the rights of other people.
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Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.
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Real change comes when people are enabled to use their thinking and their energy in a new way, using a different system of thought, different language, and having fresh visions of the future.
