Anthony Powell Quotes
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My best advice to anybody who has a child with a disability is to really find the tools for that person to thrive and find what their true passions are, because the rest will follow.
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I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds.
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Time and time again, truly basic studies of simple experimental organisms have proved directly relevant to human biology and human disease. An investment in such basic studies is an effective investment indeed.
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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
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I was in prison with pretty much the who's who of the jihadist and Islamist scene of Egypt at the time, and Egypt was the cradle of Islamism for the world - it's where it began and where jihadism began as well.
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Me, it was always about being able to bounce around to where I wanna be. Like, with 'Arular,' people always say it's so political, but I think 50 per cent of the album is not very political at all. It's just really a shouty, shouty girl thing.
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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
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I thought Twitter was a joke. I really thought it was a gag. I thought it was like National Lampoon or the Onion.
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I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.
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There are people who think I am Israeli. That's rubbish.
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Nike was the essence of sports, transcendence through sports.
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Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else.
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My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.
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It's hard to remember a time when I wasn't writing.
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When I was 14, I entered British Vogue's annual talent contest and got a special mention. I went up to London to meet the editors and wrote about it in my high school magazine.
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Despite what you hear about the publishing industry being a fixed game that you can only get in if you know somebody, I'm here in person to tell you it ain't so. If your stuff is really any good, sooner or later some editor will take a chance on you.
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I remember in 1967, when there was that terrible fire on NASA's Apollo 1 rocket that killed three astronauts, my father made pure oxygen and we lit this tiny cup and burned it. Suddenly, we had an unbelievable jet and a fire. You just could see exactly what had happened.
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All the time I'm changing as an artist and as a person.
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Our hypothetical rich client might even have ordered a Pommard, because it was listed at a higher price...He would have never learned [about other wines]. A man who is rich in his adolescence is almost doomed to be a dilettante at table. This is not because all millionaires are stupid but because they are not impelled to experiment.
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I'm very active in pushing for net neutrality and an open Internet. There are countless other causes I support personally and privately, but I try to keep my public activism fairly focused.
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I prefer to stay in shape through doing activities I enjoy, such as climbing, hiking and exploring.
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I'm becoming more powerful.
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I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning.
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There is no greater sign of innate misery than a love of teasing.
