Nicholas G. Carr Quotes
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A bowler is his own captain. I know what needs to be done, what the ball is doing. If you don't know where you are going to bowl and where you think the batsman will hit, then how can you tell the captain what you want? You are the judge.
Harbhajan Singh
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Consumerism is so weird. It's a sort of conspiracy we collude in. You'd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You know that the manufacturers are trying to have you on.
J. G. Ballard
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I enjoy the sari. I think it's the sexiest garment ever. It shows you the right amount, it covers the right amount, it's extremely versatile, it suits every body type, it suits every face.
Vidya Balan
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The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed.
Vin Diesel
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
Maggie Smith
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
Patrick Wilson
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This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.
Daniel Ek
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I think legally we have to do 'fun' with a period. I think we agreed because apparently there was another band called 'fun.' We Google-searched, which now makes sense because we're so impossible to Google-search.
Nate Ruess Fun.
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I think there's a culture in Rajasthan Royals that has been there before I got here, so I've come into it. I've enjoyed being part of it and embraced it. They are quite clear about the fact that bottom lines are important, and there is a certain limit on what you can spend.
Rahul Dravid
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I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.
Carly Fiorina
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I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.
Yao Ming
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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
Sacha Baron Cohen
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Of course it would depend on the project, but I don't think I could ever separate myself from my aesthetic.
Zack Snyder
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PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently.
Indra Nooyi
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I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.
Faye Dunaway
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I think what Trump will be judged on by the folks that voted for him... is whether things start to get a little bit better over the next few years. And ultimately, that doesn't depend on whether Jeff Sessions is the attorney general.
J. D. Vance
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Mike Judge is very specific about how people look in his projects, and I think it's because he's an animator.
T. J. Miller
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I was watching 'Deal or No Deal' on YouTube recently, and I bawled when the contestant won £250,000. I think I just like watching people achieve their dreams.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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To tell you the truth I am hard put to think of anyone who's career was affected significantly by making all those phone calls and I must be wrong. I must be wrong! Because it has just got to pay off!
Dabney Coleman
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I don't care about losses anymore.
Marat Safin
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The pessimist is the man who believes things couldn't possibly be worse, to which the optimist replies: 'Oh yes they could!'
Vladimir Bukovsky
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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.
Banksy
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Well, the first thing that clued me in to the fact that there was something really scary about breast cancer, way beyond the thought of dying, was coming across an ad in the newspaper for pink breast cancer teddy bears. I am not that afraid of dying, but I am terrified of dying with a pink teddy bear under my arm.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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We become, neurologically, what we think.
Nicholas G. Carr