Mike Oldfield Quotes
The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.

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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.
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There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
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As software engineers trained to turn ambiguity into absolutes and fuzzy requirements into ones and zeros, we had a 'eureka' moment when we realized that our training had broader, real-world applications.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn to write very quickly; there is no time to sit and brood about what you are going to say.
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Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
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I'm a real optimist.
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In late 2003, the Bush administration reversed a long-standing policy requiring agents to destroy their files on innocent American citizens, companies and residents when investigations closed.
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I was a bed wetter till very late. My mom used to hang my sheets out the window to dry, and I'd have to run home from school in order to beat the other kids to my house so they wouldn't see them.
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'You say you're supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense, I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist.' - Pat Robertson, The 700 Club, January 14, 1991
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Something was dead in each of us,And what was dead was Hope.
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When women entered the workplace, many men were mentors to them and, in turn, also learned to respect women’s unique contributions (for example, their listening and facilitative skills). Now, as we give men responsibilities to care for children, women must be among the mentors, and we must also learn to respect men’s unique contributions.
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I think that with the death of Schumann and Chopin-‘finis musicae'.'’
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Women writers should write a lot if they want to write. Take the English women, for example. What amazing workers.
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Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
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Excellent education and an excellent environment are two hallmarks of our state. How we treat our environment is connected to so many other opportunities in Maine.
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Donald Trump is not some great man of virtue, but this much I'll say for him: I think he loves America, and I don't think he wants to line his own pockets.
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I've seen my performances. I don't like them.
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I should like to paint like an man who has never seen a painting, but this man – myself – lives in a museum.
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I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling.
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The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.