Louis Theroux Quotes
L.A. is the opposite of Britain in a lot of respects, and that's what draws so many British people here.
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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Actually, I get a little say in what my character would or wouldn't do.
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My favourite thing is to be somebody else, no longer be me.
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China, in the future, is going to have even more nuclear capability than it has had in the past. I don't believe that they have anything to fear from the United States, and I frankly don't believe they do fear the United States.
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The Jewish people and their fate are the living witness for the absence of redemption. This, one could say, is the meaning of the chosen people; the Jews are chosen to prove the absence of redemption.
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When Elvis came out on stage, it became electric. And the way people responded to him was such that, you know, I never saw that kind of response toward any other performer.
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L.A. is the opposite of Britain in a lot of respects, and that's what draws so many British people here.
