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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At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United States would be a double major in Russian and French, but I have to admit that the pressure of getting through so many books spoiled reading for me.
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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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If I can see it, it's a failure.
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Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.
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In too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind and seen only as objects of fear. Through initiatives like My Brother's Keeper, I'm personally committed to changing both perception and reality.
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Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return to life is called the constant; knowing the constant is called enlightenment.
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I love you. Okay? Want it louder? I LOVE YOU. Spell it out, should I? I ell-oh-vee-ee why-oh-you. Want it backward? You love I.
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Life is not to live merely, but to live well.
