Ken Livingstone Quotes
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Burroughs called his greatest novel 'Naked Lunch,' by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. Telling the truth. It's very difficult to do that in fiction because the whole process of writing fiction is a process of sidestepping the truth. I think he got very close to it, in his way, and I hope I've done the same in mine.
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I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
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For decades, scholars have studied the ways in which implicit biases affect how we perceive other people in this multiethnic society of ours. The data consistently shows that about 90 percent of us possess some implicit prejudices - and, unsurprisingly, people typically favor their own group.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis.
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'EastEnders' has been wonderful to me and it's no secret that it changed my life all of those years ago. I'll be so sad to leave Peggy behind; she's such a wonderful character to play. I have had the pleasure of working with a marvelous cast and crew and have made many lasting good friends.
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People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses.
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I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.
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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
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Really, truly, try to figure out what your palate is all about. If you've determined that you don't like dirty old stinky wine - old-world flavors - you probably like new-world fruit bombs. Stick to Shirazes and California Cabernets or Zinfandels.
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Pretty much everyone on my iPod, I'd like to be friends with. But I'd say that the main two that I'd love to get into a conversation with are Werner Herzog and Graham Hancock.
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George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
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I love the way they look. I love the way they feel. I love saying the word again and again: Jeggings! Jeggings! Jeggings!
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I'll probably always be 'Timothy Spall's son' and it's something I'm proud of. Maybe one day as well as that, they'll say of Timothy Spall that 'He's Rafe Spall's dad'.
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I think the big thing is to talk about getting people working again and addressing the issues that are keeping small business from being able to grow.
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We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves.
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Until I started doing standup, there were some very bleak days.
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We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put the bad guys in there, like the pedophiles and the politicians.
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I don't think there is anything wrong with cosmetic surgery at all. I think it's great. But I don't think it's alright to distort yourself.
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In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges, and there is a lot of great banter between them. Meanwhile, in Arthur, Merlin has a friend he can really rely on. Merlin knows that when it comes the crunch, Arthur will always do the right thing.
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I do the gardening.
