Andrew Haigh Quotes
Our past absolutely defines everything we do in the present. We can't help it. We're made by the events of our past, so there's no escaping it.
Quotes to Explore
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Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Everything is real on me.
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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.
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For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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Cancer is something that, tragically, affects almost all of our lives.
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I realize that I'm not going to be everybody's cup of tea, and that's okay. I think that's the point of music.
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The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.
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You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that's lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.
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Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated.
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Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.
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Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?
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Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant.
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Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically personal.
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It is often too late by the time the government reacts.
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The best thing #MeToo did was say women's experiences matter. You can't blame us for what happens to us anymore.
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I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.
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Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time.
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Our past absolutely defines everything we do in the present. We can't help it. We're made by the events of our past, so there's no escaping it.
