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When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality. Ian Mckellen
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My teacher told my mum, 'I think William has dyspraxia,' and Mum asked what that meant. She said, 'Well, if I put a chair in the middle of the room and asked every child in the class to walk around it, William would be the only child in the class to walk into it.' Mum was like, 'Yeah, that's my boy'. Will Poulter
asked common core critical demand education explain modeled questions reminds standards students testing thinking work
Common Core reminds us what testing can do right. Modeled on standards of the world's education superpowers, questions demand critical thinking and creativity. Students are asked to write at length, show their work, and explain their reasoning. Wendy Kopp
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There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they wanted me to stay. Zubin Mehta
asked competition dad played shot teach tournament
When I was 7, my dad asked his friend to teach me. I played my first tournament competition when I was 8. I remember I shot around 125. Yani Tseng
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I haven't been approached to do a 'Doctor Who' movie. I think they would be scraping the bottom of the barrel if they asked me to do it. Colin Baker
asked exists felt movies offered perfect personal several surfing
I've been asked to do surfing movies over the years and offered several opportunities. I just felt that if I were to do one, I'd have to do the perfect surfing movie. And I don't know if that exists because surfing is such a personal thing. Chris Carter
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I always have several books on the go at any one moment, so it's no good you asking 'What's on the bedside table at the moment, Emma?' because often I can't even see the table! Emma Watson
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Like everyone, I was a huge fan of David Boies, and from what I knew about him, I thought he might 'get' me. So I sent him an email. I said I want to practice law but that I didn't want to stop writing and I asked if there was any way I could practice law for him. Elizabeth Wurtzel
history ordinary religion rightly shop
Ordinary Kenyans rightly want to be able to shop safely, and there is a long history of them doing just that, irrespective of their religion or that of the shop owner. Giles Foden
history interested period work
It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history. Colm Meaney
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I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates. Rick Perlstein
history philosophy reading
My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little. F. Sionil Jose
history conflict tendencies
Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed. Bernard Beckett
history comparison
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second. Bernard Berenson
history events rich
History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events. Antoine Rivarol
history interested kids might stay
We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you. Megan Smith
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I've always been interested in intellectual history and in psychology, and anxiety is obviously something that's been a big part of my life. Scott Stossel
string studio
My son and I run a string company, and he has a studio there, and I go down sometimes and we'll record. Phil Everly
string wins
We've been winning, losing, winning, losing. We've got to string wins together.
string thread words
Words from the thread on which we string our experiences. Aldous Huxley
string
We'll see if Goldman can keep that string going.
strings
I boil the strings so they stretch. Eddie Van Halen
strings
I have emotional strings that tie me to Europe. Jacqueline Bisset
strings-attached life-is blank
My life is a blank check before God... No strings attached. David Platt
strings bottom
The bottom string is tuned to an open G. Jules Shear
strings lows bottom
Shouldn't the low strings be at the bottom?
turns
You go through these little phases and fads, and it never turns out the way you think it's going to turn out.
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My brain never turns off of songwriting. Every conversation, everything I see, I'm just kind of like a sponge and I soak it up. Dustin Lynch
turns
I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.
turns expected
things cannot be expected to turn up of themselves. We must in a measure assist to turn them up Charles Dickens
turns satisfying limitation
How completely satisfying to turn from [our] limitations to a God who has none. Aiden Wilson Tozer
turns marvelous guise
Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise. Denise Levertov
turns
How can I turn from Africa and live? Derek Walcott
turns
When you do something exactly wrong, you always turn up something. Andy Warhol
turns
Never turn your back on a friend. Alfred Hitchcock