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George Osborne Quotes

When I was born, the Internet was barely two years old. It was the preserve of academics, used to connect dozens rather than billions of users. There weren't many who predicted it would transform our world.

George Osborne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: british
Birth: May 23, 1971

Topics

World Internet Born Old Two Years

As experimentation becomes more complex, the need for the co-operation in it of technical elements from outside becomes greater and the modern laboratory tends increasingly to resemble the factory and to employ in its service increasing numbers of purely routine workers.

John Desmond Bernal

Service Routine Numbers Outside Need

I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

Andrew Scott

Value People You I Can Understand

If I started preaching politics from the pulpit, our church would empty overnight. That's not why people come to church. They want to hear the word of God being proclaimed, not the word of Robert Jeffress.

Robert Jeffress

God Politics People Church Want Why

For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that are going to challenge me and that I'm going to be growing from. I don't ever want to take a movie just for the sake of working.

Amanda Crew

Myself Challenge Me Growing Want

I'm not the athlete I was when I was training for the Olympics in '92 or when I was working out every single day. I have to live in moderation: I work out three or four days a week, and I smile while I'm working out - I really do enjoy it. I work out with my girlfriends and make it a social competition.

Summer Sanders

Work Smile Live Day Training Enjoy

There is something so arbitrary about prizes.

Steve Toltz

Something Prizes About Arbitrary

It just happens in life, where you resonate with a particular artist. Or it can be a kind of food or a fashion - you discover it and it gives you a whole new lease on life.

Steve Vai

Life Food Fashion You Artist New

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Value Temptation Measured Object

I get very few nasty letters. A few from people who disapprove of the fact that I'm getting naked on television yet again. I don't know why - I suppose they don't like the idea that I'm doing that while I'm married with children.

Rupert Penry-Jones

Children People Doing Television Why

I used to play works in progress to people, but now I wait 'til it's finished, because you make excuses all the time: 'Well, there's gonna be an orchestra on it.' Rather than make excuses, wait 'til it's finished, and then they can say they don't like it.

Chris Lowe

Time Progress People Wait Excuses

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

Chet Atkins

You Become Predictable Interested

I write R-rated action dramas, and every year that goes by, that gets to be a smaller and smaller world you have to work in. You have to think of how to get the studio excited and sell them something.

Brian Helgeland

Work World Action Think Year You