George Blake Quotes
It has not been possible to build that society. It set very high standards, because not only would life in the Soviet Union or in any other country which adopted that system, have to be just as good as in the Capitalist world, it would have to be better. So that other peoples, other nations would want to join it, and obviously we have failed in that.
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There's always going to be a part of me that worries about not looking as slim as other actresses.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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Being unemployed - or working at minimum wage - is rough in the best of circumstances.
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If you just kind of live a regular life and make good 'Hollywood' money, you have a certain freedom.
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If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.
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I've never been jealous. I've never had to be.
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To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
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That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.
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Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.
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I don't golf. I've never golfed. I will never golf.
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I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality.
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What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.
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Why would you want to be be counseled in your grief? It's too private.
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I'm obsessed with brows, so Revlon's ColorStay Eyebrow Liner is a must, and the Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Rendezvous is another obsession.
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There's not enough black films out there. There's not enough Latin films, or films that have an Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern lead. The list goes on and on.
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Ultimately, what interests me is using exotic sounds in my songs.
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If you want something, work hard for it, go after it. I can't worry about all the 'no's, because I believe there's a yes, and I've been very fortunate to find those in my career and made the most of those opportunities.
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There are certain people who elicit a really passionate response. It's crazy. That's my Alexander Wang theory.
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Language is the tool of the tools.
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The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it.
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The people must have amusement as well as religion...every pure enjoyment is from heaven.
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Loneliness made or ruined a man. It frightened him so that he must either sing and build in the face of the dark, like a bird or a beaver, or hide from it like a beast in his den. There were perhaps always only the two ways to go, God or the jungle.
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I came from a working-class family, but I was supported by a grant system and had my fees paid, so I came out of Oxford with a debt of something like £200.
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It has not been possible to build that society. It set very high standards, because not only would life in the Soviet Union or in any other country which adopted that system, have to be just as good as in the Capitalist world, it would have to be better. So that other peoples, other nations would want to join it, and obviously we have failed in that.
