Tony Scott Quotes
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.
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I am just one human being.
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The best way to get to know the place you are traveling in is to walk around... and the best way to walk around is with comfortable shoes! Grab your travel buddy and your running shoes and go explore!
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.
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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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I don't realize how rare it is to genuinely have sincere love for everyone you work with. Especially in Hollywood, but even in life.
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If colleges and universities are really concerned about women's rights, then they must adjust to a far more flexible structure to allow young women students to take leaves of absence if they want to have children early.
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When a person tests positive for HIV, it is not a test for the virus itself but for antibodies to the virus, and the test is not able to distinguish between HIV antibodies and a multitude of other antibodies. Many conditions can lead to a false positive result, including flu shots, hepatitis, and pregnancy.
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In Britain, you know there are people waiting to tear your stuff apart, so it's important for me to know that my music has subtleties and depth to it.
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My memories are inside me – they're not things or a place – I can take them anywhere.
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It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.
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I had a 100 percent voting record with the NRA, but I don't believe in bazookas in our schools.
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It's difficult when your family are not physically around you.
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The piano has disappeared from working-class family life, which is a shame. It's associated with the middle classes now. Everyone in my family sang and played piano, but my parents were delighted and amazed when I became the first professional performer in the family - apart from a clog-dancer way back.
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When you fail by your own standards, it's a form of success.
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Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.
