Clive Anderson Quotes
I do find myself surprised by the comedy shows that seem to have the same joke week in week out.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.
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I went out there, and I fought Anderson Silva, and you know what? I got a big W, and that's massive for my career going forward.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.
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All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.
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Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny audiences, all seeking to do the same thing. The future would be one of fragmentation - fragmentation without either plurality or diversity.
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My father didn't know his last name. My father got his last name from his grandfather, and his grandfather got it from his grandfather who got it from the slavemaster.
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The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.
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Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
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I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.
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Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.
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Cotton Mather's publications in his own lifetime amounted to more than 400 titles, and his magnum opus, on which he labored most of his life, remains unpublished: a commentary on every verse of every book of the Bible. Anyone who leaves that kind of record behind issues an irresistible invitation to historians.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
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I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to be thought provoking.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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Honestly, I just love great performers and people who love what they do.
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To be a writer, you must be a reader, yet as many as 30 per cent of my writing students were not readers.
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You are alive today, and no matter what your condition, make a mark here and now. Opportunity is at every moment, seizing it is pleasure.
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I have and will continue to vigorously pursue opportunities in all mediums.
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My look is relaxed, and while I love fashion, I don't obsess about it. I don't have set rules when it comes to dressing, and I don't mind where my clothes are from.
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One measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others, you will build up yourself.
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I do find myself surprised by the comedy shows that seem to have the same joke week in week out.
