Antony Jay Quotes
You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.
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If you're playing in a room that holds 15,000 people, it's just a question of how bad the room acoustics are and in what way they're bad.
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Standing up on the right to trial by jury is something that, really, a lot of people should agree with, you know, both on the Right and the Left.
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I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.
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If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that.
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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
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It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.
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The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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Nobody should be too boastful or too proud about their security because there are people who have a major interest in cracking the security of networks, the security of companies.
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I realise I have inadvertently become a source of inspiration and hope for people in India simply by the fact that I grew up there, went to my local university, but could go on to do well internationally.
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The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.
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I just worry a lot. I'm a worrier. Michelle and Barack are really dear to me. I mean, I love them. And I don't want to see them get hurt. Just the nature of politics is hurtful. So every time they are hurt, I get hurt. It's a lot to ask of people, and it's a lot to see your friends go through. It's hard not to get emotional.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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When people think girl adventurers, they tend to think of a spunky, plucky tom-boy with a chip on her shoulder. I'm not saying that this makes for a dull character, but I think other types of adventurous girls exist. It's easy to fall into well-established tropes, believing that the tropes of a genre define the genre itself.
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Make clear that people understand what your circumstances are. And looking for pity - that's a mistake.
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So many people counted on me to be the party, I had to move far enough away that they wouldn't want to drive there.
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I can't believe that I was one of those people who said 'I'm not really a sci-fi fan.'
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There's no job that will humble you like the White House press secretary job.
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And by the way I don't object if people want to attack me, that's their right. All I'm suggesting that it's not going to be very effective and that people are going to get sick of it very fast. And the guys who attacked each other in the debates up to now, every single one of them have lost ground by attacking.
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People aren't for hitting.
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Many Americans genuinely fear that God is preparing to remove his hand of protection and blessing from our country, or perhaps already has.
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I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play.
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You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.
