Nicky Oppenheimer Quotes
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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I would argue that Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and political development, and that there can be no clearer example than its relations with Myanmar.
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I can not stay at the place when a stranger starts talking to me. I will try to cut the speech as quick as possible and move away. I had to break this inhibition before becoming an actor.
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We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?'
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We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
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I've never owned an Apple product. I like the fact that PCs are open architecture and not locked down like Apple products. I feel that Macs are also unjustifiably overpriced.
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Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook.
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I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'
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Contrary to common belief, the presumption of innocence applies only inside a courtroom. It has no applicability elsewhere, although the media do not seem to be aware of this.
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I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.
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All I can say is that I had an extraordinary childhood.
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I have lots of micro-goals of trying to get things done, whatever the amount of time available.
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I love the flesh. I'm a pagan. 'Who are they who speak evil of the clay? The very stars are made of clay like mine!'
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When things go wrong, the standard management strategy is to decide who takes the blame. This should be an underling, as far down the chain as possible, but preferably with some visibility so people know management means business.
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Men of learning are those who have read the contents of books. Thinkers, geniuses, and those who have enlightened the world and furthered the race of men, are those who have made direct use of the book of the world.
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I spent the better part of my developing years in Massachusetts.
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I've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.
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Nobody gives a damn about the Merrimac. You know how it is. Winners write the history books.
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Diamonds are a key component in the campaign to make poverty history.
