Kate Adie Quotes
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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I've been hyper-conscious about staying away from rubbish. I don't eat white bread, white rice or cereal unless it's porridge.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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I always remember that I am a representative of my country, and I always think about the culture I'm bringing to people.
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If you want to grow a beard like mine, the only thing I can tell you is that you have to have patience. You just have to let it grow.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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I don't think about my fame very much.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court – that's what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn't put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems.
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There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
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I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers, more billboards and power lines and stuff. People wrote wonderful long letters that took months to receive, and now everything is email.
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My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.
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I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.
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Nobody ever wins by the cavalry coming to rescue you. It isn't a question of you're happy if you get married, or you get thin, or you get rich, because I've known lots of thin, rich, married people who are absolutely miserable.
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In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.
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'Life, Love & Hope' is... I'm thinking 'larger picture.' I'm not trying to preach to anyone. We all get lost and caught up in our everyday problems. Your cellphone doesn't work or you got a parking ticket, you had a bad day at work. You can lose sight of the really important things in life; that's what the song is about.
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From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate to get it out there. Most of the time, I got nothing back.
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I am not a dancehall artist, and I am not a reggae artist.
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TV is the place that writers want to be.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
