Anthony Giddens Quotes
Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.
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I want to have a long career.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn.
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Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
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Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.
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Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.
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I've had a lot of struggles and I would be in a lot of trouble, I think, if I wasn't a Christian.
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Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.
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I try to steer away from doing something that's just commercial instead of sticking to a good script.
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For some reason, being on time in this industry can be a lost art form, especially for actors! It's important to remember that other people are always waiting for you on set, and it's really unfair to make them wait.
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It had been suggested to her that the flaw lay not in the universe but in herself.
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That world of spies and espionage, there's a coldness to it. That's what makes those worlds fascinating - and what makes le Carre's work so interesting.
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You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little dolls on the stage. In such an enormous space you can't put much faith in the personal presence of the individual singer, which is reflected in facial expressions, among other things.
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My mum used to always say to me, 'What's meant for you won't pass you by,' and it's true. If I didn't get something, it wasn't meant for me.
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Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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When you are not part of an industry, your knowledge of that field is based on what you read and hear and on the stereotypes that are attached to it.
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Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it.
