Saffron Burrows Quotes

I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me.

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• My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.

  

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• I am not honest.

  

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• If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

  

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• I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.

  

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• I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.

  

  Parminder Nagra
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• What's the right way to think about the distribution part of Steam? You need to worry about viruses and people trying to publish other people's content, but the underlying thing is to eliminate that barrier between people who create stuff and people who want to have access to it.

  

  Gabe Newell
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• A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

  

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• Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

  

  Yogi Berra
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• Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.

  

  Jackie Chan
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• Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

  

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• If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.

  

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• It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.

  

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• I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.

  

  Sam Worthington
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• As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.

  

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• Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.

  

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• Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.

  

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• Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.

  

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• Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.

  

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  • Society
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• I loved the Sunday funnies, and then, as I got a little bit older, I think my dad recognized that it was important for children, and especially girls, to have that time with their dad so that they could help develop their confidence and their critical thinking skills.

  

  Dana Perino
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• Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

  

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  • Value
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• I think we work well when there are absolutely no distractions whatsoever, because we tend to come up with the best ideas around one or two in the morning, so you have to be plugging away.

  

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  • Work
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• Now, I've never hosted a reality TV show, but I know the true mark of a successful businessman is not the number of times you say, 'You're fired.' It's the number times you say, 'You're hired.'

  

  John Hickenlooper
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• I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me.

  

  Saffron Burrows
  • History
  • Small
  • Politics