William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw Quotes
It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.
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People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.
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Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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I personally don't think you should ever date someone you work with, will work with, etc. I won't ever date an actor.
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The devil made me do it.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
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Let a man sow a field or plant a farm never so well, yet he cannot foretell who will gather in the fruits; another may build him a house of fairest proportion, yet he knows not who will inhabit it.
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The go-to reflex all over Hollywood is still likeability. I've always had a problem with it because I think I have a weird barometer in the sense that some of the characters I've cared about the most in movies are characters that are often thought of as despicable.
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No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.
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Some people may have their doubts about me. But I feel like there's no shot too hard for me to take.
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I am in the world feeling my way to light 'amid the encircling gloom.'
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We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat.
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My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift.
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My budget is similar to the Penny Plan, which cuts 1 percent a year for five or six years and balances the budget.
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Looking forward, it might prove constructive to examine the true historical record of an issue prior to assuming the worst of anyone's motive and deconstructing and questioning anyone's Democratic bona fides. After all, we liberals got feelings.
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I haven't met a horse I didn't love. I love caring for them, cleaning them. I love doing my own tack and giving them treats.
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Corporations, being only human, make mistakes. Sometimes you may end up working for one of those mistakes.
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We're obviously going to spend a lot in marketing because we think the product sells itself.
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It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.
