Cary Elwes (Ivan Simon Cary Elwes) Quotes
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Barbara Castle was a hero to millions of British women. She inspired a new generation of women to become active in Labour politics, including, of course Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman.
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I'm competitive. I'd love another chance to be part of a Stanley Cup championship team. That'd be awesome.
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The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
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If you look at the carrying capacity of agricultural areas throughout the world, their ecological habitats are changing. So I think we're looking at - in our lifetime - great collapses of food services.
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I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.
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I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.
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Anyone with a internet connection and an idea can develop an audience
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Grandmothers are to life what the Ph.D. is to education. There is nothing you can feel, taste, expect, predict, or want that the grandmothers in your family do not know about in detail.
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I have written the little work that follows . . . in the role of one who strives to raise his mind to the contemplation of God and one who seeks to understand what he believes.
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A blue-stocking is the scourge of her husband, children, friends, servants, and every one. [Fr., Une femme bel-esprit est le fleau de son mari, de ses enfants, de ses amis, de ses valets, et tout le monde.]
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I don't care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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Glam culture is ultimately rooted in obsession, and those of us who are truly devoted and loyal to the lifestyle of glamour are masters of its history. Or, to put it more elegantly, we are librarians.
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The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level.
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Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.
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They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe.
