David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir Quotes
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There's a generation of people who've made their own money and are among the most generous people you would ever meet.
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In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.
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You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
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Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
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I always wanted to be known as the Norman Rockwell of television, and 'Happy Days' represented the part of me that wanted to make mainstream America laugh.
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My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.
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Discovery is for forward lookers. So, no one is born with great knowledge.
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My best advice is to not start in PowerPoint. Presentation tools force you to think through information linearly, and you really need to start by thinking of the whole instead of the individual lines.
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Today, I saw a spark of decency. Let's blow on that spark and give it fuel.
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'Ponyets! They sent you?' 'Pure chance,' said Ponyets, bitterly, 'or the work of my own personal malevolent demon.'
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People who barely know the two of you assume you are close friends; people who know both of you intimately suspect you profoundly hate each other.
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As I see it, tech in Africa 1.0 was the mobile-phone boom, and version 2.0 was about new apps developed in response to local needs. Tech in Africa 3.0 should be about those who are successful in transforming the chatter into real opportunities.
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I like to put something on and want to listen to it again once I get done listening to it, not feel like I need an ear break.
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I stay out of the sun; it's terrible for the skin of any woman over 35. If you must have a suntan, at least keep moving while you're in the sun.
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There's a reason women are pregnant for nine months; by the end, you're ready to have this baby.
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Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced to their most elemental level.
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I want listeners to feel as though they went through an experience.
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Coal is cheap, but up to what extent are we going to allow coal plants to operate?
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I find if my character is more glamorous, I become more conscious of what I look like.
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I set out to write an anti-parenting parenting book.
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Whenever you see, in an official lectionary, the command to omit two or three verses, you can normally be sure that they contain words of judgment. Unless, of course, they are about sex.
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I think those autoworkers whose industry would have collapsed if the president hadn't intervened are certainly better off.
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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
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It is dangerous to confuse children with angels.
