Alison Moyet Quotes

I went through a string of A&R men who all thought I should be doing something different. One thought I should be a dance diva; another thought I should do Rock n' Roll; and one thought I shouldn't even be singing at all!

Alison Moyet

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When I was younger, I read a book by Frank Barnaby, this wonderful nuclear physicist - he said that media had a responsibility, that all sectors of society had a responsibility to try and progress things and move things forward. And that fascinated me, because I'd been messing around with a camera most of my life.

Jeremy Gilley

LifeResponsibilityProgressMeBook

I love sharing my life with people.

Anjelah Johnson

LifeLovePeopleMy LifeSharing

In my own private-sector work, I have become intrigued with RIWI, a Canadian based company that surveys random respondents on the Web to measure attitudes in otherwise hard-to-reach places.

Michael Hayden

WorkRandomMeasureMy OwnBecome

Any country that grants asylum to Snowden risks retaliation from the United States, including diplomatic isolation and costly trade sanctions. Several don't seem to care.

Stephen Kinzer

RisksIsolationCareCountrySeem

We need different perspectives here in Washington - someone who has private-sector experience, somebody who's actually created jobs, manufactures products, understands the incentives and disincentives, the intended and unintended consequences of legislation.

Ron Johnson

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I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.

Rosie O'Donnell

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I have invented the Thermometer style.

Josef Albers

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What we know to be true is that comfort isn't always freedom. People confuse the two.

DeRay Mckesson

FreedomPeopleBe TrueComfortKnow

I think in any relationship, even in the healthiest of relationships, we are all parents to each other at times. I think that's a normal, healthy sort of relationship. I think there are times when we're each a mother and a father when we need to be.

Christopher Stanley

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My favourite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

Anthony Horowitz

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I feel like I'm kind of a bit of a sponge in a way. Like, if people around me are going through things, I find it very hard not to be empathetic.

Win Butler

PeopleMeFeelFindKindWay

I have passed English medical examinations in Hong Kong... In my youth, I experienced overseas studies. The languages of the West, its literature, its political science, its customs, its mathematics, its geography, its physics and chemistry - all these I have had the chance to study.

Sun Yat-sen

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