Scilla Elworthy Quotes
To discover your mission and put it into action - instead of worrying on the sidelines - is to find peace of mind and a heart full of love.
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Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.
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Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
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Every time you treat an Iraqi disrespectfully, you are working for the enemy.
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Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.
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A friend told me about the casting notice for 'Queer Eye.' I was in Chicago and I had a contract with 'Esquire' magazine, so had been coming to New York City regularly and thought I'd catch a cheap flight, crash on a friend's sofa and do this hilarious audition that I had no chance of winning.
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The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances.
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My mother was a trained nurse, and she'd tell me that patients would fight as they were administered anaesthetic, grappling to get the gas mask off their face.
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I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
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Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
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Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
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The part of Stripe that I've always found most interesting is the idea of facilitating new commerce that wouldn't otherwise happen. Payouts is turning out to be a big part of that. These new networks are efficient, intelligent replacements for offline behemoths.
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Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.
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I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday.
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I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.
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I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.
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When I was a kid, Jacques Cousteau was my hero and the person who inspired me to become an underwater explorer. I have many other people who inspired me after him, but he is still my all-time hero.
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So that individuation may be compared to a pyramid in that it is only achieved by the placement of the top stone… The Jews, Ford said. They ain't like anyone else I know. There goes you theory up shits creek. He smiled.
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For a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he has become inspired, and is beside himself, and reason is no longer in him.
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Although I love snow, it messes things up terribly around Seattle, with all of our hills. I worry about my loved ones driving.
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To discover your mission and put it into action - instead of worrying on the sidelines - is to find peace of mind and a heart full of love.
