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I used to work for an SOE. The wealth I created didn't belong to me.

In other words, I was only managing money for the country and the people.
Wang Shi

It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.
Daniel Alarcon

I hear that from so many different governments, people coming to me and saying, 'You should be careful'. But I don't want to go around with bodyguards.
Mohamed ElBaradei

For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
Pankaj Mishra

With four kids, it's hard to watch anything other than 'Sesame Street.'
Neal McDonough

I have my granddad's record collection, which I treasure, and my father's - Rolling Stones to Sidney Bechet.
Alaina Huffman

I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian.
Peter O'Toole

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.
David Alan Basche

William Faulkner, Muriel Spark, Richard Yates, William Styron, James Salter, Alice Munro. They're very different writers, and I admire them for different reasons. The common thread, I guess, is that they remind me what's possible, why I wanted to write fiction in the first place.
Jennifer Haigh

Even if you are genuinely interested in what is in your products, it is extremely difficult and often impossible to find out.
Christien Meindertsma

In a big Bollywood romantic film, taking my shirt off and spreading the hand towards the mountain with dancers behind me are not my cup of tea.
Vir Das

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