Confucius Quotes
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To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
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I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
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Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I come from the working-class area of Stockholm, and I grew up with Serbian and Chilean people.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing.
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When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.
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Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry.
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Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of the Christ just might be the best short introduction to Biblical scholarship yet.
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There is only one person with whom to compete and that is yourself. Keep aiming to surpass your own best performance and ever strive to reach higher levels.
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David Bowie worked with Brian Eno and dressed up in extraordinary clothes, but he was also a brilliant songwriter who captured the thoughts of a generation. He was hugely successful, without compromise.
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Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.
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Have no friends not equal to yourself.
