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I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart.


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The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.
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I'm sorry, I'm absolutely convinced that there is at the moment no realistic prospect for very much hope in human affairs.
George Steiner
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The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.
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It is the misfortune of those who are concerned in conducting human affairs that, however pure and capacious their own conceptions may be, they must accommodate themselves to the circumstances with which they are environed and use the instruments that are within their reach.
William Godwin
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Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.
Charles Kennedy
I'm very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete. I want to go on stage or screen and be taken seriously.
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People like Arvo Part would not have been taken seriously 20 years ago.


Gavin Bryars
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All the filmmakers I've worked with have taken my desire to educate myself very seriously.


Jeremy Davies
Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has.
Jacob Lew
Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.
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Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.
Terence
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There's no one on this earth taken less seriously in a leadership context than a young woman - everything is against you.
Abigail Disney
You don't have to be wealthy to run for mayor. I'm a Green Party candidate running for mayor and I'm being taken seriously.
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I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously in rap.
Eminem
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Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.
Missy Elliott
Being involved in 'The Hobbit' has been a huge boost for me. It's really put me on the map and helped me be taken more seriously as an actor.
Luke Evans
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The people of Florida's 2nd Congressional District said, 'Steve, go up there and fight to change the culture in Washington.' I've taken their instructions very seriously.
Steve Southerland
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I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphere of the museum, and consequently it has come to be taken less seriously.
Quentin Blake
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The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia.
Anna Wintour
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