Adam Curtis Quotes

At the end of the nineteenth century, a fanatical craze for physical fitness swept through Britain. Millions of men and women took up gymnastics, body building, and other physical exercises. Such a thing had never happened before, and it was given a name - Physical Culture.

Adam Curtis

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It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.

Joe Torre

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Sometimes I'll let little things get to me. Or I'll make a big deal out of little things.

Jennette McCurdy

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The way that I write novels in particular is I don't usually outline; I just write. Part of the fun is discovering what's happening in the story as I'm going along.

John Scalzi

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I think I've just gotten really good at accessorizing personally. I've always been good at accessorizing other people, and intellectually, I've known how to accessorize, but I was pretty minimal personally - although I was wearing a ton of rings.

Sophia Amoruso

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Throughout history, the organizational evolution of the military has been inextricably linked with that of the business world.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.

Sidney Poitier

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History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.

Simon Schama

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I'm just glad that I get to talk about the superstar, my mentor - Marcus Mariota. That's who I try to be like. He's been a big inspiration to me and my family. I couldn't thank God more for him being bestowed into my life.

Tua Tagovailoa

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I want to play as long as possible at the highest level.

Robin Van Persie

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It comes easy to me to run. I picked a lot of it up from Germany. I had four-and-a-half years there, and I learned you have to be on the automatic button. Press it, and you go: you keep running, chasing and working.

Roberto Firmino

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My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.

Don Knotts

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Our business thrives on free and open global trade.

Dennis Muilenburg

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