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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
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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
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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
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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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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
asked carry police required
The police have been asked to carry out investigations and carry out the required proceedings. Debasish Sen
great men shared single
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. Yousuf Karsh
greater hard music
It's hard for me to say that what I'm doing isn't even really music, because deep inside of me, what I want to do is much greater than music. Todd Rundgren
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I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%. Idina Menzel
great jewish knew
I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
great russians siberia time
I was friends with Russians who said I should see Russia. I went there in '93 and it was so exciting, and I went to Siberia and had a great time. Ian Frazier
great liberal school tradition
Bolton School has a great tradition in the liberal arts.
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In antiquity, there were three regions in southern Europe: Greece, Rome, and Ilyria. Albanian is the only survivor of the Ilyrian languages. That is why it has always intrigued the great linguists of the past.
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I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fame. I'd just as soon no one knew who I was. I want to play football because it's football. Gaines Adams
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There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were my thing. Gad Elmaleh
winning games long
As long as we win games while I'm on the mound, I feel good. CC Sabathia
wine water destruction
Away with you, water, destruction of wine! Catullus
winning firsts born
To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life. Cecil Rhodes
wind caution carrie
Throw caution to the wind and just do it. Carrie Underwood
winter science nuclear
If the greenhouse effect is a blanket in which we wrap ourselves to keep warm, nuclear winter kicks the blanket off. Carl Sagan
wine science night
Science and mathematics [are] much more compelling and exciting than the doctrines of pseudoscience, whose practitioners were condemned as early as the fifth century B.C. by the Ionian philosopher Heraclitus as 'night walkers, magicians, priests of Bacchus, priestesses of the wine-vat, mystery-mongers.' But science is more intricate and subtle, reveals a much richer universe, and powerfully evokes our sense of wonder. And it has the additional and important virtue-to whatever extent the word has any meaning-of being true.
wind beats tense
It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back. Bethenny Frankel
winning missing done
I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn't been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they'd given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I'm an Aries. I never lose. Bette Davis
wine mean white
Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.