Hisham Matar Quotes

Gaddafi's ability to have survived so long rests on his convenient position in not being committed to a single ideology and his use of violence in such a theatrical way.

Hisham Matar

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Governor Romney is a good debater.

Jim Talent

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When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed-consent question was answerable.

Jock Sturges

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My opinions of which of my works are good are vastly different than other people's. There is one that I'm obsessed with but I swear... no one else has ever even commented on it. So I'm a bit shy to draw attention to it.

Jemima Kirke

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Silicon Valley is like Wall Street in that it will fill and pursue market opportunities to their logical extremes.

Andrew Yang

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In 1969, when I was still living in London, I had gone with some friends to see 'Easy Rider' in a movie theater in Piccadilly Circus and had returned alone some days later to see it again. It was Jack's combination of ease and exuberance that had captured me from the moment he had come on-screen.

Anjelica Huston

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In the same way 'Lord of the Rings' was an interpretation of the book, 'The Hobbit' is being treated the same way. It will be faithfully represented with a fresh interpretation.

Andy Serkis

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The last couple of roles I missed out on went to Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Biel and Olivia Wilde.

Amy Schumer

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'Memoirs of a Geisha' is everything you'd expect it to be: beautiful, mesmerizing, tasteful, Japanese. It's just not very hot.

Stephen Hunter

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I came to the conclusion that the very best thing for Rosie, from the time she was 2 weeks old, was for us to get married.

Robert Blake

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Obviously, I play a villain in 'Downton Abbey'. As an actor, you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect.

Rob James-Collier

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Does every Muslim commit terror? Of course not.

Monica Crowley

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The only requirement of a fan or a patient is the surrender to authority.

David Shields

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