Pat Oliphant Quotes
If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.
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When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
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With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive.
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The Florida peninsula is, in fact, an emerging plateau, honeycombed with voids and vents, caves and underground waterways. Travelers on Interstate Highway I-75 have no idea that, beneath them, are cave labyrinths still being mapped by speleologists - 'cavers,' they prefer to be called.
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The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed.
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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
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As a child I really didn't like men at all, in fact.
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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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A major impediment to economic advancement around the world is the fact that the vast majority of humans are unbanked.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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Borderline embarrassing fact: I used to have a pseudo line when I was seven called Zizzy Fashion. I love clothing, and I would eventually like to design as well as act.
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I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were musical virgins, and introduced them to the form.
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We did not become libertarians because we are altruists.
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I really wanted to work and become independent.
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The idea that I should become president seems to me too visionary to require a serious answer. It has never entered my head, nor is it likely to enter the head of any other person.
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Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
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The fact is that there is a serious problem of extremism with minority groups within Muslim communities.
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Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.
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I think it's important that kids have responsibilities and understand the value of things, but I think it's great I get to travel the world with my daughter.
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Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
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I was around computers from birth; we had one of the first Macs, which came out shortly before I was born, and my dad ran a company that wrote computer operating systems. I don't think I have any particular technical skills; I just got a really large head start.
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Man has been adjudged a social animal.
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If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.
