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Guy Standing Quotes

Many low-income people in the U.S.A. charged with a crime opt to plead guilty to a lesser offence because they cannot afford to go to trial.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: english
Birth: September 1, 1873 - February 24, 1937

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I watched so many comic book movies where the actors weren't as built as the characters in the book. It made me mad because they didn't look right.

Joe Manganiello

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I've never been a bad boy.

Bad Bad Boy Boy Never Been

There are certain historical figures of such importance that we need to know everything about them, which is why books about Napoleon, Lincoln, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, and the great religious founders continue to proliferate; these lives require constant reevaluation and interpretation.

Robert Gottlieb

Great Queen Know Why Need Founders

I mean comedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about.

People Strong Comedy Opinions Mean

Sometimes I try to just sit at home and do something calmer and simpler and just be in my life. You know, not trying to solve a lot of things at once.

Life Home My Life Trying You Know

I was always interested in creative writing growing up. From junior high on, I was writing short stories. I also grew up watching movies. My father would take me to everything. Most weeks, I could open the paper having seen every movie listed.

Father Creative Me Growing Up Short

I don't make movies to make a point; I make movies to tell stories about people.

People Movies Point Tell Stories

I was born on an even keel. Family lore says I never cried, even at birth. I felt at ease on earth, in the right place. And like many children, I took comfort in life's regularity: Every few days it rained, the school bus came and went, and my parents were rooted in their union.

Life Family Children School Parents

My favourite feature is my hair. It has always made me look different. It was so red when I was born that my mother thought I had blood on my head. When I was a teenager, I looked like a tomboy, but then I understood that I could be a woman who was an intelligent mix between a lady and my mannish side.

Mother Woman Red Me Hair Thought

Progressives really do see America as guilty of crimes against humanity, and to them, our 'greatness' must be abandoned to atone for those crimes.

Greatness America Humanity Guilty

Sportswear is great, but not every designer can do tailored.

Great Every Tailored Designer

I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.

Christine Lagarde

Education Time Day School Mind Help

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