Ha-Joon Chang Quotes

Charities are now working to give people in poor countries access to the Internet. But shouldn't we spend that money on providing health clinics and safe water? Aren't these things more relevant? I have no intention of downplaying the importance of the Internet, but its impact has been exaggerated.

Ha-Joon Chang

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I've a Scottish estate and places in Leeds, Bournemouth, Scarborough, Regent's Park. I'm at home in them all.

Jimmy Savile

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And I'd watch George C. Scott from backstage. He was one of my mentors.

Jeffrey Tambor

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When you get to readin' about where the music and John Steinbeck and all those people like that come from, the further you go the more interesting it becomes.

Merle Haggard

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Imagine you wake up one morning with a knock at the door, and when you answer, there's Denzel Washington announcing that he's going to be filming on your street for several weeks.

Stephen Henderson

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I'm a little bit allergic to the whole brand thing to be honest but maybe it's just happening around me and I'm not really aware of it.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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Halcyon people have put aside and left their homes, their million dollar salaries, full professorships at major universities, and fully seed-funded startup companies to be part of this effort.

Luke Nosek

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When you start performing, you realize that you have to separate yourself from the pack. So I would never wear bell-bottoms, which everybody else was wearing. I had short hair - and to see a 21-year-old guy walk onstage without longish hair was, in itself, weird. Every entertainer needs a shtick.

Loudon Wainwright III

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I've done every job in the world, and movies, the only thing close to a movie that I've ever done is it's kind of like being in a band.

Dito Montiel

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When they raise your hand, Oh my God, the feeling is unbelievable.

Donald Cerrone

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Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.

Ridley Scott

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In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

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I don't think the state of California realized there would be this many people here caught up in the freeway system.

Richard Grieco

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