Martin Jacques Quotes

Ever since the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan has turned its back on Asia in general and China in particular: its pattern of aggression from 1895 onwards and the colonies that resulted were among the consequences.

Martin Jacques

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I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, 'I'm a boy, but I wear make-up sometimes.' But, you know, to me, it doesn't really matter.

Andreja Pejic

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Commitment is an act, not a word.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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On the set I make jokes I can't get too involved, or it turns into sentimental soup. I try to keep it light.

Michael Haneke

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I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

Amy Smart

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Keep your mouth shut and see what's happening around you. Don't finish people's sentences for them. Don't just hear what they say, but also how they behave while they're saying it. That was great training for writing.

Amy Bloom

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Looking back, I just think I was a really average sort of girl.

Rosamund Pike

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What is Obamacare doing? It's destroying the only kind of plans people without insurance ever get. And nobody seems to be noticing except the people who are being canceled and then can't find a replacement because it's too expensive.

Rush Limbaugh

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I want my performance to be at the highest level of anybody in the company. I want to make everybody step up to me.

Dean Ambrose

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You don't have to reinvent the wheel every day. Today you will do what you did yesterday, and tomorrow you will do what you did today. Eventually you will get somewhere.

Chuck Close

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Sports betting is all about money management, so the most money won on one event is not the most important thing.

Bruce Dern

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'Talullah' is a movie I'm really proud of. Sian Heder is the director/writer, and I think she's extraordinarily talented. I think it was a beautiful story.

Allison Janney

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To form our taste, we must neither depreciate nor imitate, but we should understand and originate.

Willis Polk

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