Evan Davis Quotes

The new industries are brainy industries and so-called knowledge workers tend to like to be near other people who are the same. Think of the City of Hollywood. People cluster. This means you have winning regions, such as London and Cambridge, and losing regions. The people who want to be top lawyers in Sunderland are hoovered up by London.

Evan Davis

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I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

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Acting, it's hit or miss. Make them laugh, make them cry; hopefully they have a little entertainment.

Melissa Leo

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Ever since I can remember, I hated silence. I wanted it filled with guitars and melodies to sing all day.

Jeffree Star

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King Frederick I of Prussia conceived the Amber Chamber in 1701 as a magnificent gift to the Russian royal family that would seal the alliance between the two powers.

Stephen Kinzer

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The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought.

Tom Lantos

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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

Mary Kay Ash

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I was in the video for Cyndi Lauper's 'Sally's Pigeons' when I first started acting.

Julia Stiles

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McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.

Joseph R. McCarthy

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My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.

Denise Van Outen

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There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been. The great traditional buildings of the past, the villages and tents and temples in which man feels at home, have always been made by people who were very close to the center of this way.

Christopher Alexander

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I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.

Constance Baker Motley

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In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

Tulsi Gabbard

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