Brian Patten Quotes
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Isolationism is over.
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There is always pressure in football.
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It's a massive consumer frustration around the world about how long they have to wait after the U.S. to see television shows and movies. In the U.S., there's the frustration of having to wait a year to watch a movie in the format that you choose.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
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Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and getting ready for the game.
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I'm sharpest early, and though I can rewrite any time, day or night, I'm useless after noon when it comes to writing first draft.
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Luckily, there is a wind of change happening in Hindi cinema. Good work is coming to people who are not conventionally good looking like Ranbir Kapoor or Akshay Kumar.
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I have a pretty good family. But ever since I was little, I just felt like I wanted to be on my own. It was the same thing about school.
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I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.
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My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize.
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Seven scores, seven scores, seven hundreds of saints, And seven thousands and seven ten scores, November a number implored, Though martyrs good they came.
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Almost all the people who have had most effect on me I seem to have met by chance.
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Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.
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It's appositival, if it's there. And it doesn't have to be there. And it's really obvious that it's there when it's there.
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It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
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When marginalized people gain voice and center their own experiences, things begin changing. And we see this in all kinds of grassroots movements.
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The important thing in investing is to be true to your compass.
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Death is the only grammatically correct full stop.
