Victoria Pendleton Quotes
A car is a killing machine. It's like waving a loaded gun. People don't realise how dangerous they are.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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Look at people that influenced me - but I didn't know if I had that sort of 'I'm going to take you under my wing' person.
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As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I want this company to last long, and I want this company to be audited by everyone.
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I do think that the desire to permanently alter your body is triggered by this easy access to Photoshop on your phone.
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A car is a killing machine. It's like waving a loaded gun. People don't realise how dangerous they are.
