Alastair Humphreys Quotes
I realise how pleasant life can be if I stop thinking about it. It is much simpler to exist than to live.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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I think its important to start the day with a proper breakfast.
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I've always wanted to tackle the casual part of dressing. Knits to me are always just easy. I've fantasized about packing a suitcase of only knits: You just throw them in, roll them in a ball, pull them out and they still look fabulous.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.
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We tend to forget in the West that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than Al Qaeda has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims.
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I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
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'Molto Mario' was the show that sparked my entire interest in cooking.
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I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am.
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I am not a comic, I have never told a joke...The comedian's promise is that he will go out there and make you laugh with him...My only promise is that I will try to entertain you as best I can....They say, 'Oh wow, Andy Kaufman, he's a really funny guy.' But I'm not trying to be funny. I just want to play with their heads.'
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Ginger: Oh, jeez. Well, uh... maybe you should talk to someone.Cynthia: I thought I was.
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K-pop is a weird term because K-pop has everything - rap records - it's very pop-sounding; there are really boy-band-sounding records.
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You can't work all your life.
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My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him.
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With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.
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Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.
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We know there are good sugars and bad sugars, and we don't discuss whether food in general is good or bad for us. We need to be far more nuanced when we talk about the effects of video games.
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I never dreamed that they would ask me to do a TV show. I'm the most surprised person of all.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness.'
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The magic spring that gives eternal Life, is in your own heart but you have blocked the flow.
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we had made love without love, half-dressed most of the time and always in the dark so we could imagine ourselves as better than we were.
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I realise how pleasant life can be if I stop thinking about it. It is much simpler to exist than to live.
