Niall Ferguson Quotes

The real point of me isn't that I'm good looking. It's that I'm clever. I've got a brain! I would rather be called a highly intelligent historian than a gorgeous pouting one.

Niall Ferguson

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Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects.

Anita Hill

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I've gotten out of bed a lot of days for a lot less than $10,000.

Amber Valletta

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I don't think there was a thunderclap or a divine spark that suddenly made one species smart. You can see, in our ancestors, there was a gradual expansion of the brain; there was an expansion of the complexity of tools.

Steven Pinker

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I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out.

Steve Martin

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I have so much to thank reality TV for.

Sia

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Now I have an agent, a manager, a lawyer, a publicist, all the king's horses and all the king's men.

Christian McKay

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Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names.

Sharon Bolton

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It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into your life who is not genetically yours is one of the most beautiful things you can do. But I'm also interested in having my own baby, too.

Tyra Banks

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Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick.

Mariano Rivera

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When someone important to you, someone that's played a big role in your life, when they're gone... When you write about them or pay tribute to them, you want to do it in a way that's thoughtful.

Mark Kozelek

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Peace should be understood in a human way - in a broad social, political and economic way. Peace is threatened by unjust economic, social and political order, absence of democracy, environmental degradation and absence of human rights.

Muhammad Yunus

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