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For 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' for example, Woody Allen is one of the greatest American directors, and we really had a very good working relationship. We… — Penelope Cruz
For example, Americans seem reluctant to take on Shakespeare because you don't think you're very good at it - which is rubbish. You're missing out… — Alan Cumming
A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for… — Evan Davis
Put simply, behavioural economics argues that human beings' decision-taking is guided by the evolutionary baggage which we bring with us to the present day. Evolution… — Evan Davis
Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil engineering which makes… — Evan Davis
Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major… — Ellen DeGeneres
'Love' has that Kubrick tonality to it, but this is not a Stanley Kubrick movie - there will never be another. At the same time,… — Tom DeLonge
There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all… — Claude Debussy
You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten… — Alan Dershowitz
'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening. — Junot Diaz
Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example. — Arthur Conan Doyle
I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected. — Shirin Ebadi
The thought that all experience will be lost at the moment of my death makes me feel pain and fear... What a waste, decades spent… — Umberto Eco
Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case… — Rahm Emanuel
Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public. — Epictetus
Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age. — William Feather
I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance… — Paloma Faith
God created the family to provide the maximum love and support and morality and example that one can imagine. — Jerry Falwell
An aria in an opera - Handel's 'Ombra mai fu,' for example - gets along with an incredibly small number of words and ideas and… — James Fenton

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