Martin Jacques Quotes

Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so China. It was thwarted in its attempt to hold the 2000 Olympics, which, as a result of American-led pressure, was awarded to Sydney.

Martin Jacques

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I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

Joe Biden

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We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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I'd love to be a dad. I hope I'd be great at it. That's every man's fear, yet his most important job.

Matt Damon

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I look back, and I've got a couple of films, and I'm happy.

Jean-Marc Vallee

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I would never put on a Mets hat. Only if I was playing a Met as part of the job. Which, actually, I did a long time ago.

Michael Imperioli

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I think when people go into something for the right reasons, you're going to get a better film; you're going to get more intimacy and a stronger foundation of trust.

Steve James

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I realize that although I'd like to make films as a career after I'm done playing, I really love basketball; I really love my career, an opportunity to compete every day and to push myself physically, mentally and emotionally.

Steve Nash

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A writer is a tool of the language rather than the other way around.

Joseph Brodsky

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I think Twitter is an incredible platform. I want to see it succeed.

DeRay Mckesson

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Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.

Chris Van Allsburg

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I'm actually - believe it or not, for an academic - an aural learner.

Condoleezza Rice

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There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.

Lesley Garrett

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