Tom Conti (Thomas Antonio Conti) Quotes
Some friends said they weren't surprised to find out Napoleon and I were related, but it came as quite a shock to me.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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I never said I don't like gay people.
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The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough.
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The United Nations passed so-called sanctions again on North Korea, and they've said they 'will exercise their preemptive right to a nuclear attack.' I don't think this ought to be taken kindly.
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A Central Bank official said that Q-coin did not affect the renminbi; it adds vibrancy to the economy.
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I have a tweet that said, 'I want to be a Calvin Klein model,' and that was in 2011. And then I modeled for Calvin Klein. And then I had a tweet like, 'I wonder what it's like to be in front of thousands of fans,' and I've been in front of thousands of fans.
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Who would think it possible to redirect historical scholarship by explaining what Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence?
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So gradually, and then I had an Italian roadster that I built, it took me five years to build it, it was stolen from me and stripped. I said, well maybe we should have another where we shouldn't steal from each other.
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The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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I was having a lot of people ask me to update 'The Shock Doctrine' and add a chapter about Trump.
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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.
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We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.
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My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.
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I have never said that there is no need for a guru. All depends on what you call guru. He need not be in a human form.
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I put out a call on Twitter and Facebook and email for women to tell me their stories about their abortions. And many women said, 'I told my boyfriend I was pregnant, and that was the last I ever heard of them.'
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I've always said I'm the worst representative of Muslim-Americans that's ever existed, because I've been inside more bars than mosques.
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It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.
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Who will free me from hurry, flurry, the feeling of a crowd pushing behind me, of being hustled and crushed? How can I regain even for a minute the feeling of ample leisure I had during my early, my creative years? Then I seldom felt fussed, or hurried. There was time for work, for play, for love, the confidence that if a task was not done at the appointed time, I easily could fit it into another hour. I used to take leisure for granted, as I did time itself.
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We use pandas and eagles and things. I'd love to see a wilderness society with an angry-looking wolverine as their logo.
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Humans create their cognitive powers by creating the environments in which they exercise those powers.
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I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid.
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Some friends said they weren't surprised to find out Napoleon and I were related, but it came as quite a shock to me.
