Alberto Manguel Quotes
Possessing these books has become all important to me, because I have become jealous of the past.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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Where you record is very important. It can't be too nice, it can't be too expensive, it can't have a view to an ocean or a field.
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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.
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Imagine you can tell YouTube you have an hour to watch TV, and it would give you programming based around what you have watched in the past, what your friends watched and recommended, what your favourite celebrities tweeted about, and on one piece of input from you about what mood you are in.
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I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past.
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We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.
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When you're acting, it should be the most important thing that's going on. But when you're not, leave it alone.
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That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
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Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.
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I fantasise about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It's the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past - your favourite architect, your favourite song - you take it all with you.
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It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.
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As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.
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Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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We must learn to set our emotions aside and embrace what science tells us. GMOs and nuclear power are two of the most effective and most important green technologies we have. If - after looking at the data - you aren't in favour of using them responsibly, you aren't an environmentalist.
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In my heart, I'm 100% real. You can't pull out nothing in my past that can say I'm not 100% real.
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The past is open to all sorts of magical possibilities because it can't be verified. It's as we make it, so it seems to be entirely free. It seems to be completely up for grabs. But of course it's not.
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I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
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Surveys show our standing around the world is higher than when I was elected to this office, and when it comes to every important international issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead - they call us.
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I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into acting, there's part of you that is saying, 'I want attention' but I was brought up to work to deserve attention, and it is the work, not the trappings that are important.
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BoomTown has long been a big fan of Martha Stewart.
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Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
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We show each day that we are prepared to act as an independence state... Not just in exceptional moments.
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Possessing these books has become all important to me, because I have become jealous of the past.
