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Lyall Watson Quotes

I live and work alone and travel light, relying largely on my memory and making a point of letting intuition guide my way.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: south african
Birth: April 12, 1939 - June 25, 2008

Topics

Work Live Alone Light Travel Memory

I've always been extremely conservative, but I've never been mean-spirited.

Conservative Never Always Been

If it's scary, it's supposed to be scary. If it's funny, it's supposed to be funny. That's all I try to do.

Funny Try Scary Supposed

John Cleese was a big hero of mine. He grew up in Weston Super Mare near Bristol where I grew up; he was always very tall and gangly, but he was smart and used his physicality in a very funny way. I used to think, 'Well he came from Weston and he did it, so there's a chance for me.'

Stephen Merchant

Funny Hero Smart Me Chance Think

I'm a total Republican, but I've never claimed to be a Christian-right conservative. They're a large but dwindling part of the Party.

Party Conservative Never Republican

I am a man of contradictions, I suppose.

Man I Am Contradictions Suppose Am

I feel like my biggest competition is myself. A lot of kids get caught up in the comparing game - comparing themselves with Michael Jackson, comparing themselves with Michael Jordan. You gotta be your best. You gotta overcome your own fears.

Myself Best Competition Game You Up

I've also learned that sometimes, no matter how much you want things to work, you have to accept that sometimes they just don't.

Work You Sometimes Want Accept Just

As a relatively young woman - I'm 33 - I hope to one day have a family and already have commitments. If and when I'm elected as an MP, I would face a choice: take my family with me to London each week or be apart for four, maybe five, nights a week.

Family Hope Day Woman Me Face

I have no way of comparing myself to other people my age; I can't compare myself with Jane Fonda, can I? I haven't had the work done. I admire the discipline of someone who maintains that degree of beauty, but I'm not prepared to do it.

Work Beauty Age Myself Discipline

I like very confused people. The more confused, the more fun for me.

Cory Michael Smith

Fun People Me Confused More Like

Maybe I would have become an actor. I was a very outgoing kid, but being in the hospital - being outside of social action for so long - turned me into an observer. Actually, right after I got out of the hospital, I did start writing a novel, but the book was so transparently about me that I stopped.

Me Writing Start Action Book Long

For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.

Security Place Become Matters More

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