Annie Lennox Quotes
There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to be seen as dark and slightly dangerous. But I'm not like that and I've realised that I don't need to put that on. People will buy the books whether they see a photo of you dressed in black or not.
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The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
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We did a lot of high school productions. My first was 'Twelfth Night.' I played Viola. We did 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Taming of the Shrew,' and a lot of musicals: 'The Wiz,' 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'Oliver.'
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Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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L.A. is a great place to write because you have a lot of space. I have a big office at home, I can leave the doors open. Flowers bloom all year. But it's unglamorous in all the right ways.
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I am about safety for the people and the planet.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.
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Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
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Most of my ideas come from drawing patterns across conversations I have with different types of people - technology investors, young fashion design students, a CEO. This variety is stimulating and offers many different perspectives on the things I am thinking about.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take.
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Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
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When I'm not surfing or sailing, I am to be found at the harbour working on my boat.
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I think there needs to be a way to allow people to become educated if they've paid taxes, they've been here a long time. And I think, actually, we need to think about young people are not making the decision on whether to come here.
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Government is not just about maintaining the status quo. It's about helping people's lives to work.
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When we consider carefully what many of our so-called humanists stand for, we find that they are not humanists but humanitarians.
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The stress that some of us feel - it's a lack of faith, it really is.
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It's to easy to do something different, the challenge is to stay in your own space, and keep it good. That's the hard part.
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There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.
