Ed O'Brien Quotes
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
E. M. Forster -
Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
Ed Koch -
I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
Ted Cruz -
I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
Harold Pinter -
It's an evolution. The same team doesn't always dominate, and it goes in cycles.
Victoria Pendleton -
Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
Manoj Bhargava
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I was born and brought up in the countryside. I used to live in a sort of converted stables on the grounds of a castle, and I spent a lot of my childhood running around with a pretend sword pretending to be Robert the Bruce.
Sam Heughan -
Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
Naomi Watts -
I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
Park Chan-wook -
I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
Laura Wasser -
I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
Karen Elson -
I don't talk in ifs.
Abdurrahman Wahid
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I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
Yvonne Strahovski -
Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
Oprah Winfrey -
I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
Damian Lewis -
There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Samuel Johnson -
Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
Queen Christina -
People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
Samantha Morton
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Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!
Christine Lahti -
I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists, but at the end of the day if the artist doesn't support the brand or it doesn't make sense for the song, then it will never work. What we do is try to pair them up so that both sides are happy.
Adam Kluger -
One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat.
Ingrid Newkirk -
The idea of Asian ascendancy has entered public culture.
Kevin Kwan -
I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.
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