Joanna Lumley Quotes

I've had my run-ins with department stores, like Harrods, which stopped selling fur coats, but I found some there with fur trim, which is just as disgusting. Foie gras production is appalling - there's no excuse for selling it.

Joanna Lumley

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I thought I was going to be hired as a contributor, but 'The Daily Show' was like, 'Nah, it's an election year, we want you to come over here and work full-time.'

Jessica Williams

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When you're talking about your own music every day, listening to bands, going to festivals, you can kind of lose sight of your initial connection with music. Instrumental music - especially jazz - helps me refocus.

Jenny Lewis

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When people ask what I'd like to do next, the answer is usually, 'Something with people in rooms.'

Anna Popplewell

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Things don't have to change the world to be important.

Steve Jobs

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I'm very grateful to my adoptive family. My mother sorted my life out.

Stewart Lee

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It's an often-asked question, 'Why did all these spotty white English boys suddenly start playing blues in the '60s?' It was recognized as this kind of vibrant music and when I first started playing in a blues band I just wanted to bring it to a wider public who hadn't really heard it.

Steve Winwood

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I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thought the greatest word was 'jejune' and I would throw it into every piece because something about it appealed to me.

Tom Wolfe

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Those who are outraged will vote.

Roger Stone

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It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.

Rupert Murdoch

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In martial arts, the way that they train really does channel that killer instinct. We used to put motorcycle helmets on and go full force at each other with these sticks to train.

Jose Pablo Cantillo

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Just as infinite access to free music ultimately leads to no one making a living at music anymore, free journalism just doesn't pay for itself - particularly not when a search engine is serving all the ads.

Douglas Rushkoff

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You can get so much value just from being genotyped.

Anne Wojcicki

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