Anne Reid Quotes
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I'm one of those actresses that really enjoys staying home with my children. To be told you've got to get to work, it is just unbelievable what it does to you.
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I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is invigorate the political system and allow for this country to be turned around.
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I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.
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The culture at Valve is pretty much crowdsourced. The handbook is a wiki. One of the first things we say to new hires is, 'You have to change something in the handbook.'
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A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. Worry upsets our whole system; work keeps it in health and order.
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The last thing that should happen is funding cut for education; it should be increased. We need to put more money towards education, and anything else is abusive.
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I love the food in Thailand because of the exotic spices they use. Their style of cooking is unique to their culture and always amazing.
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Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder.
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The stammer was a way of telling the world that he was not like others, a way of expressing his singularity.
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The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.
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In my opinion, the Hezbollah has going - they are going to discover sooner or later than in their top priority should preserve Lebanon.
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When you want the belt, you have to work for it.
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Clutter is death; it leads to thrashing. Keep desk clear: focus on one thing at a time.
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When young Mark Robarts was leaving college, his father might well declare that all men began to say all good things to him, and to extol his fortune in that he had a son blessed with so excellent a disposition.
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Singaporeans, if I can chose an analogy, we are the hard disk of a computer, the foreign talent are the megabytes you add to your storage capacity. So your computer never hangs because you got enormous storage capacity,
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The conception of the necessary unit of all that is resolves itself into the poverty of the imagination, and a freer logic emancipates us from the straitwaistcoated benevolent institution which idealism palms off as the totality of being.
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I sent people to the penitentiary as fast as I could, never thinking about whether they deserved it.
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That's the purpose of creative stuff: when you really love what you do, you have to know at some point, or points, you're not going to be good at it. That's just the process of learning. I can edit it and try to be as perfect as I can, but I'm still going to have my vulnerable spots and my weaknesses.
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From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.
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Only the Strong is a lushly atmospheric and passionately written piece of work, bursting with colorful characters that shine on every page.
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I disagree with the analysis that you've put about what happened in relation to the student demonstrations and protests and the incident with the Prince of Wales' car. We're very clear that we have to separate out the political responsibility from operational responsibility of the police.
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For work I get so dolled up that it's nice to wear boyfriend jeans and a sweater.
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Just cuz yer going there and I'm staying here," I say. "It don't mean we're parting." "No," she says and I know she understands. "No, it certainly doesn't." "I ain't parting from you again," I say, still looking at our fingers. "Not even in my head.
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The British tend to be uptight; they shy away from being tactile.
