Paddy Ashdown (Jeremy John Durham Ashdown) Quotes
The United States will remain the most powerful nation on Earth for the next 10, 15 years, but the context in which she holds her power has now radically altered.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
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You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
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Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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I wouldn't trade or change a thing, and I've had some hard times.
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Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that.
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I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.
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Write out the story - rapidly, fluently, and not too critically - following the second or narrative-order synopsis. Change incidents and plot whenever the developing process seems to suggest such change, never being bound by any previous design.
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I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.
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I have to do something with my mind, or I'll get in trouble.
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It is unrealistic to imagine a US geostrategic vision which sees its pivotal interests linked exclusively to the Pacific region. More appropriately, we need to consider the wider Middle East, Central Asia and North-East Africa to be bound together in a geopolitical unit of pivotal importance.
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Look, I think if you've got a niche portfolio or just operating in one country, like the United States, your ability to absorb the volatility is much less.
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I never went to high school. I never really finished eighth grade. I was kicked out of seventh grade once and eighth grade twice. Mainly for not showing up and not doing it. Then I went to an alternative high school for part of what would have been ninth grade and part of what would have been 10th grade.
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Courtesy is a waste of time; it weakens you and undermines you.
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The United States will remain the most powerful nation on Earth for the next 10, 15 years, but the context in which she holds her power has now radically altered.
