Neil MacGregor Quotes

Because of the long, long history of British shipping, immigration, trade, empire, missionaries, you can have a better shot at telling a worldwide story in the British Museum's collection than any other. Britain has been more connected with the rest of the world than any other country, for longer.

Neil MacGregor

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HistoryWorldRestStoryBetterYou

Frank Sinatra did 'Born Free', Tony Bennett did 'Walkabout,' but you have no control over who does what, really. So you just hold yourself responsible for the stuff you do, and then get filthy rich on all this stuff that other people have done.

John Barry

YourselfPeopleControlFreeRich

There are lots of people with mental health disabilities, and that's just the way their life is; it's not like you see it in the movies.

Andy Behrman

LifeHealthPeopleMental HealthYou

I think it is good to grow up on a farm, with nature, with animals and everything when you are young.

Stan Wawrinka

NatureGoodThinkGrowFarmYou

If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.

Steve Prefontaine

GoodDayGood DayMeNobodyRace

We have terrorists coming into the country both through our Northern and Southern borders.

Tom Tancredo

CountryBordersThroughComingOur

The National Popular Vote is about getting states to convert from the winner-take-all rule. The states that pass the legislation will assign all their electoral votes to the candidate that got the most votes in the country, not just in the state.

Tom Golisano

CountryVoteWillLegislationRule

I've been doing this long enough that you can tell when people have seen you in something they didn't enjoy, and when they have seen you in something they actually enjoyed.

Robin Tunney

PeopleDoingEnoughEnjoyLongYou

You see, feminists don't really like to define the Patriarchy. They prefer to keep it nebulous and amorphous so they can conveniently blame it for everything that goes wrong in their lives. Not being paid enough? Patriarchy! Not getting a promotion? Patriarchy! Too many catcalls? Patriarchy! Too few catcalls? Patriarchy!

Milo Yiannopoulos

BlameEnoughYouPromotionWrong

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

Ludacris

BlessingMoneyWorldMaking Money

The beauty of an art project is that you cannot always measure the impact, but one day it can become clear.

JR

BeautyArtDayImpactYouMeasure

The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.

Jayne Meadows

BestPeopleObstaclesKnowOvercome

Everybody likes each other until things get tough. Then you will find out what kind of team you have, and I understand that as much as anyone.

Doc Rivers

TeamToughYouFindKindUnderstand

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