Rory Bremner Quotes

When I first met Tony Blair in 1996, he was open and idealistic, keen to bring a breath of fresh air to government. But something happened - was it just the arrogance of power? - that narrowed Labour's vision from purposeful reform and investment, to peevish and petulant pragmatism.

Rory Bremner

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It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you see them sort of slow down, and you realize, maybe this becomes harder to do as you get older. That's sort of a cautionary thing. I hope it doesn't happen to me.

Joel Coen

FunnyHopeMeSlowYouLook

I picked up an issue of Cosmopolitan the other day that had tips for job interviews, because I was like, 'I need to get better at interviews.' The article was basically about how to get someone not to hate you in 20 minutes. Every single thing they told you not to do, I was like, 'I do that every day.'

Jennifer Lawrence

HateDayJobBetterSomeoneYou

The federal government should not be in the business of initiating and administering short-term incentive programs designed to shape consumer purchase behavior.

John Quelch

BusinessGovernmentBehaviorShape

Financial inclusion matters not only because it promotes growth, but because it helps ensure prosperity is widely shared. Access to financial services plays a critical role in lifting people out of poverty, in empowering women, and in helping governments deliver services to their people.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

GrowthWomenPeopleFinancialOut

Our brains are like bonsai trees, growing around our private versions of reality.

Sloane Crosley

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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

Toni Morrison

Make A DifferenceDifferenceSomething

I enjoy working on stage. Having relationships with the audiences and question and answer sessions afterwards. I enjoy that.

Robert Vaughn

EnjoyRelationshipsQuestionStage

I have never written that there is a threat of fascism in America. I always considered the idea overwrought. But now I believe there really is such a threat - and it will come draped not in an American flag, but in the name of tolerance and health.

Dennis Prager

HealthBelieveNameAmericanAmerica

By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

Claude Adrien Helvetius

ManMindActionYouHimWithin

There is a worst part, and it is this: we spend more time with each other than we do with our wives and children, and we work very long hours - we work non-stop - so when we need to shut off, we need to be separate, or else we - or else we just slip into our work mode.

Anthony Russo

WorkChildrenTimeLongWorstNeed

I'm into everything. My iPod is very eclectic - if you kept it on shuffle, you'd be amazed. For example, I was forced to grow up on Dolly Parton. My mum was obsessed by her. She bought all this memorabilia for the front room. It's ridiculous.

Tinie Tempah

GrowYouRidiculousSheEverything

The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

Richard Stallman

CreativityWorldDesireJustifyPart

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