Jonathan Powell Quotes

I started off in radio, then made little films for Granada. I applied for a job at 'Weekend World,' and they turned me down; I'd also applied to the Foreign Office, which accepted me.

Jonathan Powell

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Flashy characters are more entertaining to people because you get it. You don't have to work to get someone who says what they mean and says what they think. They're out there. It's harder to play a quiet character because everything happens in their stream of consciousness.

Viola Davis

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I loved the city of Chicago, and I love the Reinsdorfs. I'm forever grateful for them in taking a chance on me, allowing me to become the player that I am today. It's still incredible to me that I got to hoop in a Bulls jersey.

Jimmy Butler

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I love to work out. It's one of the ways I love to relieve stress.

Jenna Dewan

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It's terrifying the way molecular biology has become more and more jargon ridden. But I strongly believe that my book can be read by the intelligent layman. I want everyone who bought a copy of 'A Brief History of Time' to buy a copy of 'Genome'.

Matt Ridley

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My job as a physician is to make sure I have provided my patients with the best options to make the decisions that affect their lives.

Ami Bera

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Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.

Robert Falcon Scott

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I finish what I have to do in the office.

Robert Caro

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With Halcyon's technology, the pool of genetic information will grow by orders of magnitude in the course of months, offering the first real chance at cures for cancer and other previously intractable diseases.

Luke Nosek

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I think God asks us to promise to replenish the planet and to pay 100% attention to our young so that they will develop character and a good conscience.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

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My wife wants four kids, and obviously if we're having four kids, I need to make sure that the priority is family first.

Jason Day

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I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It can be anything.

Brit Marling

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Will Shatner, Jonathan Frakes of Star Trek have already put novels out.

Bruce Boxleitner

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