Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury Quotes
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Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.
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It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.
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I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?
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I looked at but was not allowed to touch Ai Weiwei's 'Sunflower Seeds' at the Tate. The film of making them was really moving.
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Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer.
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That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much better than fiction, I think.
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I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't need to write a book for adults.
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Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.
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No one ever knows if a book is good until they read the book.
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Not only do people go into Chinese restaurants, but people are more likely to work with other Chinese-Americans, more likely to marry them.
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There's hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall.
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The Bible improved my ethical IQ. I started to act like a good person. I tried not to gossip, and lie, and covet, and just by pretending I was a good person, I think I actually became a little bit better of a person. I'm not Gandhi or Angelina Jolie, but it was a baby step.
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I was ill. I was told I was stressed, so I had to get everything checked out. I didn't think I was, but someone told me I was. As a result, I went to get a blood test. I'd never had one before, so I held my breath when I was getting it done. That caused me to go into a fit.
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Strike one is a big, big pitch-you can do a lot after you get strike one, no matter how you get it.
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The effects of MFA programs, and the rise of creative writing instruction more generally, are far more diffuse than people think. Even if you're a writer who has avoided institutions your whole life, you're still going to be reading a lot of writers who have MFAs, and are affiliated with universities.
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Life is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind.
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Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.
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Everybody has a destiny. That's the only thing I would tell him. He's there for a reason. He should just do the job he was hired to do.
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Life is not to live merely, but to live well.
