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Mediums change you by their very existence. They do this on fundamental levels because they force you to favour certain parts of your brain over others.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Because Brain Certain Change Existence Favour Force Fundamental Levels Mediums Others Over Parts Very You Your

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We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

~Douglas Hurd

Topics: Direction Favour Follow History Noticing Only Point Politicians Profess Should Signposts Themselves Those Wary Which While Who

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You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.'

~Eddie Marsan

Topics: Act Coffee Come Course Done Favour Go How Make Me Out Oxford Set Somebody Telling Think Turn Up Who You Bbc

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Barack Obama's decision to come out in favour of gay marriage may be a historic occasion, but it is not an isolated one. His administration has been making pro-gay noises for some time; his demographic in the upcoming election is young and educated, precisely the group that favours equality for the LGBT community.

~Edmund White

Topics: Administration Barack Been Come Community Decision Demographic Educated Election Equality Favour Favours Gay Gay Marriage Group His Historic Isolated Making Marriage May Noises Obama Occasion Out Precisely Some Time Young

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A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

~Edward Sapir

Topics: Apparently Argument Common Constructed Creation Demands Equally Fact Favour Foreign International Language Least Perhaps Potent Sacrifice Traditions

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I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writing. And they're not necessarily friends. The writer is the one I want to reinforce; the author would just feed on the reviews - so I'm in favour of starving him.

~Edward St Aubyn

Topics: Author Favour Feed Friends Him Involved Just Necessarily Person Process Reinforce Reviews See Starving Want Who Would Writer Writing Written I See

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Granted, it's not easy to be a super-tall woman in Hollywood. But there are times when it works in my favour. In 'The Night Manager,' for example, both of my co-stars, Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston, are also well over 6 ft. and it was lovely to look a co-star in the eye and not have them standing on an apple box!

~Elizabeth Debicki

Topics: Also Apple Both Box Easy Example Eye Favour For Example Granted Hollywood Hugh Look Lovely Manager Night Over Standing Them Times Tom Well Woman Works

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It is a sad truth that apprenticeships fell out of favour in Britain in the Seventies and Eighties, when the manufacturing industries shed jobs and the construction industry went into decline.

~Fiona Barton

Topics: Britain Construction Decline Eighties Favour Fell Industries Industry Jobs Manufacturing Out Sad Sad Truth Seventies Shed Truth

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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.

~Fran Drescher

Topics: Doctor Every Every Time Favour Get Go Good Keep More Odds Report Time You Your

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I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.

~Francesca Annis

Topics: Because Been Brought Enjoyed Favour Giving Go Interviews Involved Production Projects Support Them Up Want Working You

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