Rory Stewart Quotes
Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.
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Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
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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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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 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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I'm trying to bring back 'Top of the Pops.' I don't know why us artists haven't just stood there and said, 'Let's back a campaign and bring it back,' because it would be the most amazing thing ever. 'X Factor' has got the Sunday show, and except for 'Later with Jools Holland,' which is a massive success, there isn't one music show.
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I will be the answerAt the end of the line.I will be there for you,Why take the time?In the burning of uncertainty,I will be your solid ground.I will hold the balanceIf you can't look down.
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I have reached the conclusion that Hawaii does not need LNG in our future.
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There's a joke that I do where I make fun of myself for being bow-legged, and I compare myself to a camel and how a camel walks and sits, and that has become a joke that people - when I deliver that joke, people are in tears.
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As an actor, it's always fun when you're able to feel like there's freedom to explore things and try out jokes and be funny.
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In the U.S., the incidence of diabetes has increased proportionately with the per capita consumption of sugar.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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Confidence starts at home, and something my mother never did was look in the mirror and say she was ugly or fat.
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Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.
