Ken Livingstone Quotes
The best way to demonstrate the values of a western democracy is you put Osama bin Laden on trial; you challenge what he says.
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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.
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We shall probably get nearest to the truth if we think of the conscious and personal psyche as resting upon the broad basis of an inherited and universal psychic disposition which is as such unconscious, and that our personal psyche bears the same relation to the collective psyche as the individual to society.
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Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
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Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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A label's typical plan would be to put something out that's safer and get fans, and then push buttons, but my idea is to push buttons first, scare off the people who are gonna be scared off, and then the right people will like you for who you really are, and stay with you.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.
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Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama.
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I have people who say, 'You should dress up like this, or you should dress more modest; you should cover up more.' And then, at the other end of the spectrum, you have, like, 'Why are you still wearing your scarf? You're in America, you know.'
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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I often say after eight years in Washington, I longed for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
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There are designers who say, 'Oh! I see wallpaper and blue carpet.' I usually start by knocking down walls. 'You thought you just needed some new drapes? Well, guess what: That wall's gotta go.'
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A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this way a novel is called democratic - not that it advocates democracy but that by nature it is so.
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In my opinion, the Doha Round is the most important thing that we can do to reduce inequalities, create opportunities, and develop the poorest countries, face up to the struggle against terrorism and strengthen democracy.
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The best way to demonstrate the values of a western democracy is you put Osama bin Laden on trial; you challenge what he says.
