Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley Quotes
How amazing that the language of a few thousand savages living on a fog-encrusted island in the North Sea should become the language of the world.
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For the last seven years, I have been racing the best in the world and making my way through the ranks. I am in that spot where I have got a real opportunity to produce something. I am not going to take it for granted because I know those guys will step it up.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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If you look at 'West Side Story,' a lot of those numbers are actually pretty cutty, but the cuts are always musically motivated.
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To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
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Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.
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I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
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I only go to yoga to drink wine, so I'm good. I just throw the calories right back in.
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I think being an Asian woman has been more of an advantage than a disadvantage. It helps me stand out from the rest of the entertainers out there. Again, being from such an ethnically diverse place like New York, you get comfortable and confident with being different!
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Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without the help of a record label. The role of the record label is still required, it's still necessary.
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I often turn to my books when my own writing is having a hard time.
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I'm not sure I'd be as successful as I am as a woman in a profession other than in technology. Because it tends to be a bit neutral. If you have the tools, if you can code, it's a lot more sort of merit and recognizes talent.
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Trust is built with consistency.
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The U.S. Military is no place for social experiments.
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I have always seen Drogba as the example to follow in terms of a centre-forward. He was strong and scored loads of goals, and he was a quality player.
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It is critical that Democratic candidates, whether they are in New Jersey, or Virginia, or anywhere, emphasize the fact that we can be trusted, and can bring fiscal integrity to our state, local, and national government.
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There is nothing more, I guess, cannibalistic than the metal or the hard rock scene, it seems.
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Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing.
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'The First Time' is a song that I wrote by myself on my front porch, in real-time, as that situation was happening to me.
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Big data is going to make us all healthier.
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Going to Broadway - then to be invited to the Tonys - I really tap into what that feels like now to fulfill lifetime goals.
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Standing up to Ahmadinejad is not a partisan issue and should never be one.
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I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.'
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The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.
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How amazing that the language of a few thousand savages living on a fog-encrusted island in the North Sea should become the language of the world.
