Ian Hislop Quotes
You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving.
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I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.
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Be candid with everyone.
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People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.
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In Europe and Sweden, we see boobs on TV, and it's not a big deal. Everyone has them; everyone has seen them.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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Everyone at a party is uncomfortable. Knowing that makes me more comfortable.
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When you are allowed to study different disciplines, you redefine your idea of success. You learn to appreciate multiple disciplines simultaneously and you learn that there is no one formula to anything.
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Think of Bitcoin as a bank account in the cloud, and it's completely decentralized: not the Swiss government, not the American government. It's all the participants in the network enforcing.
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
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Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.
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I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
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People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where are these roles?' I really appreciate actresses who sign only films with meaty roles. However, there aren't too many of them. The industry is simply male-dominated.
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I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
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Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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My favorite TV show is probably 'Glee.' I'm a Gleek, like everyone else!
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I cultivated this fan base that I really didn't really understand or appreciate until I put my first headlining tour up for sale. 500- to 1,000-capacity rooms weren't an underplay for me at the time. I'd never done a tour before!
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Who is that person that comes around and says, 'You are OK, you are worthy, you are special?' That makes all the difference in the world for many of us. Those are the people we appreciate the most.
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When you're no longer ill, and everyone's gotten over the fact that you've had cancer, that core of steel doesn't go away, and then I had to find other channels for it.
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So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?' So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber.
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If we don't get a hold of what we owe Americans who are providing services to our veterans, then the entire system collapses.
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
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I do a lot of cultural material that's based on my traveling around the world. I basically just report what I've seen and where I've been.
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You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving.
