George Peabody Quotes
Our task is not to bring order out of chaos, but to get work done in the midst of chaos.

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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun.
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All of my high school issues are resolved!
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.
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I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I'm a producer. I'm a writer.
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I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
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My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate.
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My tactic is to make eyes at someone.
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I look up to a strong woman; maybe that's why I fell for Gaga. She works incredibly hard and is very strong and inspirational like Mom, with a great work ethic.
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I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.
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In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.
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I think sometimes writers can get themselves into trouble trying to exert a totally controlled and super-knowing tone. This kind of knowingness is not the most promising tone to be sustained throughout a novel, to have a young woman who understands everybody and is always reading a room perfectly.
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How important is failure - yes, failure - to the health of a thriving, innovative business? So important that Ratan Tata, chairman of India's largest corporation, gives an annual award to the employee who comes up with the best idea that failed.
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We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large numbers of people. Are not poverty and need the greatest polluters?
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If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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If people still trust me with a funny line, then that is fine. If that is what gets me work.
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I used to teach dance lessons.
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All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.
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Our task is not to bring order out of chaos, but to get work done in the midst of chaos.