Roy Hattersley Quotes

In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one.

Roy Hattersley

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Every movement that slays its gods creates new ones, of course. I loathe talk of the sixties and seventies being a 'Greatest Generation' of artists, but if we're going to use such idiotic appellations, let this one also be applied to the artists, curators, and gallerists who emerged in the first half of the nineties.

Jerry Saltz

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I've definitely always had a passion for entertaining.

Troye Sivan

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More than anybody else I'd like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.

Tony Bennett

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A 527 doesn't have a wife. It doesn't have a brother-in-law who knows a lot about politics, or a union president who calls and doesn't like the color of the suit, or bimbo eruptions. It's the perfect candidate, because it has no personal characteristics.

Roger Stone

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I really do prioritise humour in people. It's a sign of intelligence. One of the most important things I heard that moulded me was Derek and Clive. That sense of release when I heard them for the first time, crying and laughing, was akin to seeing Sonic Youth for the first time.

Roisin Murphy

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At the end of the day, I just want the world to live in peace and harmony.

Masi Oka

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It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.

Mignon McLaughlin

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There's this thin line between knowing something is going to be really hard and saying, 'Yeah, you know, but I still gotta see if I can pull it off.'

Michael Keaton

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Nobody ever dared with Frank, because he had such mood swings, and you never knew how he was going to react. But I could tell the minute I saw him that he was going to be in my corner.

Don Rickles

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The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.

Douglas Engelbart

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When you think of Grimm's fairy tales, they are deeply, deeply psychological. They're so powerful, so bloody, and really, really disturbing. Think about five-year-olds reading that stuff. Even 'Little Red Riding Hood' is a really freaky story. Grandma is gobbled up by a wolf, and the wolf is going to eat the girl. That's scary stuff.

Denis O'Hare

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Oculus is a company that often does things differently. But we don't want to do things so differently that we start to get into trouble.

Brendan Iribe

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