Ian Hislop Quotes
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
Tacitus -
Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.
Umberto Eco -
We need workfare over welfare.
Jack Kingston -
I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
Bebe Neuwirth -
Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - Shakespeare, Moliere, and Chekhov.
Dagmara Dominczyk
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Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.
Carl Hiaasen -
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
Orville Wright -
I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.
Marc Almond Soft Cell -
Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
Vicente del Bosque -
I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me.
Ian Botham
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
Natalia Vodianova -
Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.
Aaron Yoo -
Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
H. G. Bissinger -
We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions.
Harri Holkeri -
I think it's always interesting to make sensational stories where, if these people don't make the right choice, it actually puts marks not just on their souls but also their bodies. That means that you can visualize existential questions.
Daniel Espinosa -
You were born as the one you are.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Anyone fighting for freedom does not want to totally lose their freedom.
Ai Weiwei -
It's not about how much money I'm getting paid. It's just a love of one-on-one combat. I feel I'm at home. I love the ring entrances, the talking. I'm the master of it all.
Tyson Fury -
People came to the All-Star Game to see the dunk contest.
Dominique Wilkins -
I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don't get to be on TV.
Amy Poehler -
It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters.
E. J. Hughes -
I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
Ian Hislop