If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
The figure of the witch was interesting to me, because of the primal, archetypical witch nightmares I had, even as an adult. But as a kid, it started with Margaret Hamilton in 'The Wizard Of Oz' as this inescapable horror.
Play as much as you can. That's what I had to do because of my inexperience. And don't get frustrated.
I do believe in the infallibility of the Pope, because I think we have to believe in something.
We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.
Very often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions; they are too segregated.
The 'free-floating intellectual' may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect.
It's my fault in many cases because I don't initiate the contact to talk with a lot of other musicians.
I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside.
I have a hard time revising sentences, because I spend an inordinate amount of time on each sentence, and the sentence before it, and the sentence after it.
I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.
I think a lot of my shyness and non-athleticism came because I didn't have a father to instill those in me.
Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well.
I don't have to take insulin because I have been able to make these changes and take this medication.
I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.
You realise you have to be physically strong when you come to the Premier League because it is a very intensive league.
Iranians embraced my approach to domestic and international affairs because they saw it as long overdue.
CASIS has to succeed because for it not to succeed would be a huge setback for the International Space Station program.