Harry Oppenheimer Quotes

Certainly the party counts a considerable number of intellectuals among its members, but I am by no means disposed to apologise for that.

Harry Oppenheimer

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I AmPartyNumberMeansMembersAm

Basically, I was always very interested in comedy, but I was much more sort of academic. And then, after college, loaded with my art history degree, I decided to go work at Comedy Central as a temp.

Jessi Klein

WorkHistoryArtCollegeComedyGo

Softball has given me so much in life. It's taught me the kind of person I want to be, and given me a sweet sisterhood. It even led me to my husband.

Jennie Finch

LifeMeSweetHusbandPersonKind

The longing to produce great inspirations didn't produce anything but more longing.

Sophie Kerr

GreatMoreAnythingLongingProduce

Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do it to throw you off.

Steven Brust

ThinkYouPersonWillMoreOff

Ninety percent of what we wear, we eat, we consume is carried by ships... Container ships carry a vast amount of stuff.

Rose George

EatCarryWearShipsStuffPercent

I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist.

Rupert Friend

WorkThinkYouHollywoodSystem

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

Milton Friedman

FreedomFreeBeliefAgainstMarket

Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.

Jason Lee

SportsBeachGrowing UpRacingYear

Productivity depends on many factors, including our workforce's knowledge and skills and the quantity and quality of the capital, technology, and infrastructure that they have to work with.

Janet Yellen

WorkTechnologyKnowledgeQuality

Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words like 'knight.'

Joshua Foer

WordsProcessOverMessEvolveLike

We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.

Don Mattingly

WorkDecisionsTemptationWantWay

I guess you could say I've been writing all my life.

Anthony Doerr

LifeWritingMy LifeYouSayBeen

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