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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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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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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Everyone thinks that 'Chinatown' is the best screenplay. I'm not sure it is.
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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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Registration is a World War II response, and we need a 1980 solution.
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I'll never forget the first time... I got a Blackberry smartphone, and I'm playing with it and I'm going, 'This is really important because my email, my contacts, my calendar. Everything is here and it's synced up with that computer. It's synced up with my assistant's computer.'
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Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
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We were brothers off the field, but there was no love lost on it. We fought like cats and dogs. Wes was always trying to strike me out, and meantime, I was always trying to hit a home run off him.
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You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving.
