Howard Carter Quotes
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So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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I was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've got four or five other people on stage with you, you've got some protection from when they throw lighters. You can always hide behind the lead singer or the bass player.
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I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.
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I decided I was going to be an artist who wrote my own songs, and turned down the publishing deal. That meant that the first few years here were really tough financially. I didn't know if I was going to have gas to get home sometimes or could put gas in the car.
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I was lucky enough to first meet Elvis at his house in Bel Air and he used to invite different artists, singers and musicians, to come and jam with him at his house.
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I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.
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The moral landscape is the framework I use for thinking about questions of morality and human values in universal terms.
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The sacrifice of our personal liberty for security is and will forever be a false choice.
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I genuinely do think that skin does have a lot to do with genetics. I was blessed. You should see my mom and grandma - it's unfair!
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I think as I've gotten older, I've learned to look at life and take every day as it comes.
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I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know what things would be like from the point of view of other individuals and to send out signals from where I actually am not. Playwrights never need to write from the place where they are.
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The essential point of view of Christianity is sin.
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When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.
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America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty.
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I haven't checked this out yet, but one of our guys told me we have a counselor within 45 minutes to an hour of most small businesses in this country. That's really powerful. I call it our bone structure.
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The London property market has excellent investment opportunities.
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If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying.
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I love the fan support, though, because it all comes from passion.
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In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.
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I want to be back every year. If I don't go, I want it to be because someone else just was having a great season. I want it to at least be a close call.
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It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing.
