R. Kelly Quotes
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Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
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It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
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We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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I believe in the free enterprise system.
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There are jobs, particularly database-oriented ones, for which computers are necessary, but for everyday office life, I question whether they have brought the productivity that their enormous cost, up to £10,000 per person, demands.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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I believe myself to possess a most singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of the hidden realities of nature.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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No one goes into the office for fun. You go, and even if you love it, you're there to work.
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Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.
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I go on a good many adventure-type trips. Whenever I go on one, it's always potentially going to be the setting for one of my books. I pay more attention to certain aspects than some other people might. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. Most of the books I write are based on experiences I've had to some extent.
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The truth is that the free movement of goods, people, and money that developed under British hegemony between 1870 and 1913 - the first episode of globalization - was made possible, in large part, by military might rather than market forces.
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What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.
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If I had to choose, I'd choose my friends over my career.
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Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.
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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.
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I love love stories, no matter how dark.
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I like singing in harmony - I like not having to sing every song.
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When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.
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There really isn't anything more refreshing then iced Coke out of the old-school glass bottles.
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Before I started Code for America, I spent my career around startups. First it was game developers, small teams trying to make hits in a tough business. Then, when I started working on the Web 2.0 events, it was web startups during times of enormous opportunity and investment.
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My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.
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I just never, in my career, got into doing a lot of press.
