Samuel Pepys Quotes
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When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
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I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.
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I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
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I take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.
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I don't use the voice of Bart when I'm making love to my husband, but Marge's voice turns him on a little.
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As you might have gathered, I prefer the honest, decent and genuinely accepting friends and family I have in the conservative world.
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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.
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My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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Most of the largest software companies in the world today are based on Oracle, and they were once startups.
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It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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Me.
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Everything is autobiography, even if one writes something that is totally objective. The fact that it's a subject that seizes you makes it autobiographical.
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Nationalism in Norway was very strong in 1905, that we must be free of Sweden. But I must say, I'm not 100 percent sure that was a wise decision. We had the war; we were occupied by Germans from 1940 to '45. And if there had been one Scandinavian country, then it would not have been so very easy probably to go ahead with the occupation.
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If I had a place with a studio where I could paint I'd be happy.
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Pretty witty Nell.
