Ian Stannard Quotes
If the minutes are in a similar tone to that of the FOMC statement, then the dollar should stay supported rather than gain significantly.
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Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
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You must be independent and able to do for yourself. Then you do not have to marry a rich man; you can marry a poor one. And if it is wrong, you can go.
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Without knowing about flexibility, one cannot work out strategies to deal with the enemy and prepare for changes, and without knowing about the foundation of one's own culture, one would be contemptuous of the Confucian ethical codes.
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I have been Fat Joe since I was a kid. It's always been my name and always will be.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I did always think of Heinlein as a strict rationalist, although a dispassionate examination of his works doesn't support that.
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Cyndi Lauper is really good at talking to you about normal things. It's strange to be in the presence of a big celebrity like that. You want to make these connections and say things related to being a fan. It's not as interesting for them. She's amazing at making small talk without it seeming small.
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When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
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Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
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I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the Security Council. And some of the things might please people there and other things may not please the people.
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It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small - a locked room-style story.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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I am meeting Diaspora Jews all the time, and we are developing programmes to prevent distancing. We have a joint history, but we cannot take matters for granted. Israel is home for all of us, and part of the beauty of the country is its social diversity.
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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I think acting, for me, is about play. It's about time, and it's about feeling, like there's a story to tell and I can tell it through my body and my voice.
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As our listeners will know, unless they've taken refuge at the bottom of a garden pond or somewhere similar, You-Know-Who's strategy of remaining in the shadows is creating a nice little climate of panic.
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If the minutes are in a similar tone to that of the FOMC statement, then the dollar should stay supported rather than gain significantly.
