Anthony Burgess Quotes
She gave the lie to the European superstition - chiefly a missionary superstition - that the women of the East are downtrodden.
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It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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I think the technology will get bigger and the price of Bitcoin will go up, so I'm speculating to increase my purchasing power. But I don't intend to sell the Bitcoin. I intend to hold it until there's a day where I can just use Bitcoin completely.
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A lot of them are afraid to sit down and break their position. You should be able to make it so natural that you can just get out, and sit down and walk away from it, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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With only 2 percent of the world's proven reserves of oil, we in the United States can pump until we are blue in the face and it will not change the fact that we need more diverse and more secure sources of energy.
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People have a moral standard about what they will do and will not do. At the end of the day someone who cheats has a lower moral standard than someone who does not. And they will cheat in other areas of life as well.
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To me, my business is my life.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what appeals to me.
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I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.
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I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.
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Well, to take me from where I was, and the life I was leading, to the life I lead now with the church and with the Lord and with Jesus Christ, it's a total, total turn–around.
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I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.
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About once every four days, someone comes up to me and is like, 'Hey, I know you from somewhere.'
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Ninety percent of my mentors have been male, most of them with very little in common with me on a personal level - from life experience, work experience, backgrounds, etc.
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The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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I was away a lot on 'Countdown' when the children were young and I couldn't have done it without Mum's help. Because she was at home running all of that, I never had to worry about them.
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I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.
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She gave the lie to the European superstition - chiefly a missionary superstition - that the women of the East are downtrodden.
