H. C. Bailey Quotes
The origin of civilization is man's determination to do nothing for himself which he can get done for him.
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Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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My father was a lawyer.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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I think the next set of media companies are going to be created on the web and that YouTube is going to be a big part of that.
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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
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A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
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Look at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. They have all entered many sectors, and actually, in many of those sectors, they weren't as early as Tencent.
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I was amazed at how the life of a freelancer differed from running a remote studio for another company. I thought I knew what I was doing in 2004 when I left Eidos because I had run Ion Storm Austin, which was my own independent studio. I had run a business unit inside Origin, but being part of a startup is crazy.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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I married beneath me, all women do.
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
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This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
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Like all major transitions in human history, the shift from a linear to a circular economy will be a tumultuous one. It will feature heroes and pioneers, naysayers and obstacles, and moments of victory and doubt. If we persevere, however, we will put our economy back on a path of growth and sustainability.
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Birthright citizenship in America is part of something larger: The American longing to sever from history, to be a place of new beginnings.
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During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB.
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Everyone wants to get better as they go along, but sometimes it's all you can do to stay consistent.
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More than just romantic comedy, I like romances: drama romance, romance comedy, comedy romance. I also go to the movies to escape. There are times when you go to learn, when you go to be moved, you go to be transported, and there are really times when you go to escape. And I personally escape more happily into a romance than I do violent movies.
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The origin of civilization is man's determination to do nothing for himself which he can get done for him.
