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The pattern is that every 2,000 to 3,000 years, there is a monstrous eruption (of Mount Vesuvius). And it has now been about 2,000 years.
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The path of least resistance for this market is up right now.
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The past two years, I've competed at the all-around without my team. Now that the team is going to be behind me and I'm going to be competing for my scores to count for the team and for the all-around, it definitely makes it easier to compete and it makes it a lot more special.
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The outlook for the year remains unchanged, which means that the group should achieve an improvement in operating income,
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The outlook for the New Zealand economy points to relative weakness.
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Human beings never think for themselves; they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told - and become upset if they are exposed to any different view.
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We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.
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My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.
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I really didn't realise until I got back the work that goes into a performance. You're like an athlete - if you haven't been practising things tighten up. I had to do a lot of practice work, but I got through it. Even when I was 21 I would have a 40-minute nap on the day of a show, and I will still do that.
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In 2004, I was on the West End stage in The Woman In White, and for every show I had to climb into a fat suit to play the obese Count Fosco. It was hard work, and unbearably hot, but I sailed through because I'd always kept myself fit.
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I moved out to New Zealand to live as I thought the warmth and peace and quiet would help me. I went away and changed my whole life routine.
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I think one of the best words in the English language is 'compassion.' I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care... and if everybody just did something. We all make a difference.
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I'd be totally exhausted by mid-afternoon, and I could barely climb the stairs at home. It was particularly alarming because all my life I'd enjoyed doing all my own stunts in shows, taking on every physical challenge. Yet suddenly, I'd become like a very old man. I knew something was wrong, but I had no idea what.
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I'm at that point in my life where I definitely want to get married soon. I've got my dogs as surrogates, but I'm ready for kids.