Neil Abercrombie Quotes
Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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I drink lots of water, and I've been trying to do daily wheatgrass shots, but they're awful, and I have to plug my nose.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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I really think more fledgling novelists - and many current and even established novelists - should get out into the real world and cover local politics, sports, culture, and crime and write it up on deadline.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without them.
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There's no more important bonding thing than a mother doing the daughter's hair. We sit at our mother's knee and learn who we are.
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I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
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I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky.
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Real talent shines through regardless of how many others there are around you.
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We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.
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There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain amount of beachfront property in California. It is going to be scarce, it is going to be expensive.
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On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information.
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I was ten years old when my first 'Vogue' cover sang me its siren call and dashed me against the treacherous rocks of fashion obsession.
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The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.
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I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful.
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My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that other people wouldn't have been able to do. But then again, we've also been able to live a normal life as well.
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(talking about his children) I'm interested in avoiding two types of behaviour: one is the sense of guilt and the other is a sense of entitlement. If these two are avoided, then the rest is up to them.
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I still want what I've always wanted ... to be the best person I can be.
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Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
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My dad was always at work running a business, so our mom really took care of us. She'd bring us all to our practices, and we all basically played four sports: baseball, hockey, football, and basketball.
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Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.
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Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.
