Rory Stewart Quotes
Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.
Quotes to Explore
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Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
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I love the song 'Into the Night.' It's Roy Orbison meets David Lynch meets Iggy Pop on amphetamines. It has a punk edge that is not HIM, per se. It is super melodic and super '60s, and that is very new to me and it is a sense of achievement to me.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs.
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The underdog winning is the romantic position.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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You never realise that you have an impact on people's lives. There are so many girls that go through so many problems and who come to me. I really try and take time to speak to as many people as possible.
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Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.
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The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.
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When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. I was in a boarding school and the nuns gave me poems to remember to try and get the memory going again.
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I want to evolve each season. I never want to be one of those brands where people know what they're going to see. I always want an element of surprise. One thing I never want to do is copy what anybody else is doing. I have a signature, and it's very important to me to stay true to that.
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All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference between one person and another as regards these faculties, as is well known to philosophers.
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I think I've always had to pick and choose whatever I want to work on. If I'm not happy with what I'm doing, it's probably not going to end up that interesting.
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When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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I don't want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on a new level would suit me.
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If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.
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We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?
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Now, may our God be our hope. He Who made all things is better than all things. He Who made all beautiful things is more beautiful than all of them. He Who made all mighty things is more mighty than all of them. He Who made all great things is greater than all of them. Learn to love the Creator in His creature, and the maker in what He has made.
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It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.
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Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.
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Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.
