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Democracy in China is like Viagra; no such thing as free elections. ↗

— George Montgomery

#democracy #elections #free #like #such

I began drinking alcohol at the age of thirteen and gave it up in my fifty sixth year; it was like going straight from puberty to a mid-life crisis. ↗

— George Montgomery

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I have spent too long training myself to speak with an American accent, it's ingrained. I spend 16 hours a day on set speaking with an American accent. Now, when I try to speak with an Aussie accent, I just sound like a caricature of myself. ↗

— Poppy Montgomery

#american #american accent #aussie #caricature #day

I never know why shows succeed or don't succeed, which is why I look at it as, 'I'll do the best work that I can', and if the fans and people respond then I'm always really flattered and honored, and if they don't then I'll try and do something next time that they like better. But I have no idea what makes a hit show, I really don't. ↗

— Poppy Montgomery

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First of all, I don't like to speak about austerity. I'd prefer to speak of fiscal discipline. Fiscal discipline, in the end, amounts to austerity if it is not accompanied by other policies. ↗

— Mario Monti

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What will growth policy have to look like in a fiscally compacted Europe? Clearly any illusion of budget stimulated growth policy will have to go away. ↗

— Mario Monti

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But that incessant drive to be out there in the literary universe that was important to me when I was in my twenties, like going to a Paris Review party or whatever, that seems totally irrelevant now. ↗

— Rick Moody

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My singing voice isn't like my speaking voice. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

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St. Paul's arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

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At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

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