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Owen Paterson Quotes

No one is more keen than me to see the Hunting Act repealed, because I believe in the management of wildlife.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: british
Birth: June 24, 1956

Topics

Me Management Believe Hunting See

The airplane has had a big impact on my life.

Life Airplane Impact My Life Big

The last thing I want to do is to write about real things. I am not interested in reality and in real human beings and their real day-to-day problems - I just want to say to them, 'Hold still, and I'm just going to unpack, see what's inside.'

I Am Problems Reality Say Want See

Freedom has never been free.

Freedom Free Never Been

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

Success Nothing More Little Get

The focus of entertainment is taking away from what the public needs as news. I think investigative journalism will always be important and always find its way, be it on the Internet or wherever.

Focus Think Internet Journalism Find

For me, if God blessed me with that one great hit, I'm satisfied. But I've still got a lot in me, and I'd still like to get out there and tell a lot more stories cinematically. And God willing, I'll get the chance to do that.

God Great Me Blessed Chance More

I always lived with guitarists. When they would leave, I would just pick up their acoustic guitars and start doing finger picking and write.

Start Doing Write Always Leave Up

Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take notes or use a tape recorder, but I suspect his memory claims were just a useful cover to invent dialogue whole cloth.

Memory Never Dialogue Take Notes

I always felt that I had to leave a legacy on the African continent. As I was only the third player to come to the NBA from Africa, I felt I had to do my best to recruit more young Africans to come and play in the NBA - and also find a way to bring the NBA to Africa.

Dikembe Mutombo

Best Legacy Find Play Young Way

I was never physically abused, but when I came out to my parents late in life, when I was 27, they definitely had an intervention.

Life Parents Late Never Out I Came

I felt like a sinful person when I dated men and allowed them to feel for me in a way I knew I could never naturally feel for them. That felt wrong and a lie.

Men Lie Me Feel Wrong Person

Most people respond to my paintings quite generously, but there have been cases where I think people - a few critics in particular - were actually moved by the work but were disturbed by the feelings it evoked, so they attacked it. Some people find the realm of my work quite uncomfortable.

Work People Think Uncomfortable Find

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