William Camden Quotes
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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My grandfather milked several cows twice a day and supplied the neighbours with dairy products. He liked to go visiting around the county on Saturdays, and he also enjoyed the neighbours when they came by once a week with their empty milk jars. He walked them out to their cars and hung over the driver's side window until they drove off.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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A good old rodeo never hurt anyone.
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A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one like a seed pod, or you could buy one that doubles as both a bookcase and a coffin. During your life, you stand it in your living room, and then after you die, the books are taken out and your body put in their place and the whole thing buried.
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Movies don't have borders.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.
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There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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It's the story of New York. Storefronts change and languages change, but at the end of the day, people come here to find opportunity like my family did.
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I am in love with my La Cornue custom-made stove - it's a dream to use and my favourite part of the kitchen.
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Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
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God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.
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I've always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris for part of one year and ended up staying there.
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Dogs love us unconditionally and cats are big on redemption. Our sins and shortcomings don't bother them as long as we delight in their presence.
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You cannot teach an old dog new tricks
