Anthony Standen Quotes
There's many a true word spoken in jest; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
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We don't go against the will of the people.
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I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.
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If I played tennis, I had to be in a dance class. I always had multiple activities, so I never had to count on any one of them to feel successful.
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Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.
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I'm actually going in to ER as the new British intern.
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I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.
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It's more about conception and touch and spirit and soul than whether my hardware was in place.
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I achieved something once again, I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. I dreamed I was the heavyweight champion of the world. I am the heavyweight champion of the world.
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Half of democracy is about just showing up.
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It's Friday the 13th. my favorite holiday. Keep it weird.
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You are white - yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. That’s American. Sometimes perhaps you don’t want to be a part of me. Nor do I often want to be a part of you. But we are, that’s true! As I learn from you, I guess you learn from me - although you’re older - and white - and somewhat more free.
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I would love to have seen a male-female relationship that had nothing to do with falling in love, I'd love to prove, even on TV - even if it's not true! - that men and women can be friends without any kind of involvement.
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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
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My true belief about Rock 'n' Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A lot of the beats in music today are taken from voodoo, from the voodoo drums. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you'll see that is true. I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious
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Neatness - which is grooming, after all - is definitely the most important requirement.
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There's many a true word spoken in jest; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word.
