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I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.
Chris Patten
In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy.
Stephen Hawking
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How far the existence of the Academy has influenced French literature, either for good or for evil, is an extremely dubious question.
Lytton Strachey
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I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.


Julia Ward Howe
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I think poetry is the only domain where a writer you like can truly be said to influence you, because you read and reread a poem so many times that it simply drills itself into your head.
Michel Houellebecq
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Distortion came first from the fauves, who, in turn, were under the strong influence of primitive art.
Marcel Duchamp
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Europe existed before Britain joined it.


Francois Hollande
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I made mistakes. I let other people influence me and make decisions, sometimes without my knowledge.


Cathy Moriarty
It was such an idyllic time when I grew up in Hong Kong. It was a British colony and very much geared towards buying the best of Britain. My childhood does have a huge influence on how we design. There must be a little bit of that nostalgia - childhood is so special.
Marie-Chantal Claire
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Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.
Blaise Pascal
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Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer.
Kimberly Willis Holt
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I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.


Tahar Ben Jelloun
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I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French and music, but who would have me?


Bette Midler
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When you are doing stand-up comedy, you are the writer, producer, director, sometimes bouncer.


Dane Cook
The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days.


X. J. Kennedy
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Sometimes you make a connection with a writer or a piece of material, and there's not much to ask.


Peter Riegert
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Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.


Anthony Minghella
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I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that.
Lennie James
Sometimes stereotyping happens not because of any nefarious reasons but rather because people don't know who you are or where you come from, so they go for the broad strokes about you, your culture, your faith, all that.
Faran Tahir
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