Andrejs Upits Quotes
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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.
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I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.
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No matter how rich you are, you can't get healthy air.
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I believe the classified section of a newspaper - especially the 'Business Opportunities' column - can tell you more about your city 'business-wise' than any other publication.
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I think one of the reasons that I got so good at it, as somebody making radio stories, is that on the radio I can actually - I can understand what's happening in the interview and can make a connection in a way that makes sense.
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I was a ravenous child. I'm a ravenous adult. I love to eat.
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I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.
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I never really do the New Year's Resolution thing. I kind of just try to stay focused, not get too distracted, and do the best I can. And that's something I like to tell myself every year around New Year's.
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In Australia, getting an audition can be a rarity. There just aren't as many opportunities.
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We hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion - a lot of us have traded in our beliefs for bitterness and cynicism or for a heavy package of despair, or even a quivering portion of hysteria. Opinions can be picked up cheap in the market place while such commodities as courage and fortitude and faith are in alarmingly short supply.
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When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests, to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
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When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.
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The difference between me and the newer artists is that I have the history with the architects, the masters that started the music. I know where the music came from.
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My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best of writing. There's a whole range of acting skills, and some people can be astonishing with very poor material. That's not me; my skill is essentially unlocking the writing.
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I wanted to bring the R&B flavor and other Westernized sounds to my music, because that's the type of music I grew up listening to.
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The Founders believed, and the Conservative agrees, in the dignity of the individual; that we, as human beings, have a right to live, live freely, and pursue that which motivates us not because man or some government says so, but because these are God-given natural rights.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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Danish is a different language, even though Danish people understand Swedes, and very few Swedes understand Danish.
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You know I'll never say no, and Nate's so dedicated, I think he loves our alpha more than me." "I resent that," Nate grumbled. "I might love football more than you, but definitely not Lucas's ugly mug.
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We must all live so that our children do not have to pay for our deeds.
