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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The rumor is Chu Hing really wanted the 'Green Turtle' to be Chinese American, but the publisher didn't think that would sell. If you read those books, the hero almost always has his back facing the camera so you can't see his face. When he turns around, his face is obscured.
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When once-which every body must be-you are convinced of the wickedness and deceit of men, it is impossible to preserve untainted your own innocence of heart. Experience will prove the depravity of mankind, and the conviction of it only serves to create distrust, suspicion-caution-and sometimes causelessly.
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Look beyond the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea.
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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.
