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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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 don't think any other city in the world... the sun doesn't shine the same way anywhere as it does in New York. And then I guess everyone's very good at hanging out. Not in a crazy way, but you're just constantly interacting and learning.
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Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are.
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Since no one is always right, always being right is really a role model for his children feeling inadequate.
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Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We sentimentalize children, but they know what's real and what's not. They understand metaphor and symbol. If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous. Grown-up lives have become overlaid with dross.
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It is dangerous to confuse children with angels.
