Nik Kershaw (Nicholas David Kershaw) Quotes
It's the most ridiculous business to be in. It's full of people who have never grown up.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
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Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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I'm not somebody who's emotionally attached to an outcome of a character that I'm hired to play. The fans are.
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What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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There are men who are possessed by an urge so strong to do some particular thing that they can't help themselves, they've got to do it. They're prepared to sacrifice everything to satisfy their yearning.
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There is no conservative party left in Washington. Conservative thinkers and writers who were to be the watchdogs of orthodoxy have been as vigilant in policing party deviations from principle as was Cardinal Law in collaring the predator-priests of the Boston archdiocese.
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C'est une maladie naturelle à l'homme de croire qu'il possède la vérité directement…
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Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.
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As women, we feel we can't ask for things. There's been a lot of research done recently and, more often than not, if a woman goes in to ask for a raise, she'll get it. But she's thinking, 'Do I deserve it? I've got to give a list of why I deserve it.' Whereas a man will just go in and ask for a raise. It's so scary.
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YouTube is such a funny little world. You can create a fanbase.
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Whenever I start something, I will always do everything I can to be the best at it.
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right home with you. If you cheat in Vegas, you walk home as a cheater. You lie awake at a night a cheater. You cannot escape it.
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From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
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I don't think I'm going to live until I'm 70, no; I could die tomorrow. So there isn't a panic that time is running out, but there is an element that anything could happen.
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But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.
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It's the most ridiculous business to be in. It's full of people who have never grown up.
