Louise Mensch Quotes
'Kane and Abel' is the best popular fiction of all time. As a kid, I wanted to be prime minister when I read 'First Among Equals.'
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
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Writers are so important.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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Everybody in the industry thinks I'm the crazy person.
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When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
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The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.
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There's not enough money in the world to get me singing 'Because We Want To' again. I wouldn't do it. I think Beyonce Knowles got a couple of million for a private show but I would be happy to turn it down.
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I remember there was a little organ which I'd tap my fingers on all the time. My interest in the instrument was so obvious, one day I got home from school and there was a real piano in my bedroom.
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'Kane and Abel' is the best popular fiction of all time. As a kid, I wanted to be prime minister when I read 'First Among Equals.'
