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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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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
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American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Prediction is structurally inseparable from the business of punditry: It creates the essential image of indefatigable authority that is punditry's very architecture; it flows from that calcified image, and it provides the substance for the story that keeps getting told about the inevitability of American progress. Rick Perlstein
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Experience is the highest authority. Carl Rogers
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Experience is, for me, the highest authority.
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We know that the Chinese authorities' views on Taiwan and human rights differ from ours,
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I deeply regret that those with the authority and responsibility to deal appropriately with Brendan Smyth failed to do so, with tragic and painful consequences for those children he so cruelly abused.
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We have the option of taking up the issue with the relevant authorities, but keeping the relevance and importance of the series we have decided to let the issue pass and put it to rest. Rahul Dravid
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Today the Supreme Court did not rule that the president has the authority to detain an American citizen on American soil. What they did was delay the inevitable -- that Padilla must be charged with a crime.
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Today's uncertainties call for vigilance by the authorities in both mature and emerging market economies in pursuing sound economic policies. Investors need to recognize the costly consequences of sudden reversals in global conditions that could impact the markets.
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Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.' Rebecca MacKinnon
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By the time I got to the point where I was 'starring' in movies, and I had executives telling me what lines to say, that wasn't for me. I'm really not an actor. I'm a guy who comes out of comedy, and my impetus was always to rewrite the line to make it funnier, not to try to make somebody's precious words work. Rick Moranis
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Today, Wal-Mart executive after Wal-Mart executive talked about the responsibility
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When Spielberg was talking with the other executives about making this movie, he said he was only interested if they were going to tell the truth about the westward crossing, which means how the Native Americans were disrespected. Beau Bridges
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I was very surprised. I assumed, probably like most senior executives in most organizations, that I knew all of what was going on around here,
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I was told maybe nine years ago by an executive who was working for a major network that the networks from now on are going to be entertaining 13-year-old people, and that's what you see today. Bill Cosby
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We're not under pressure to fill (Howard)'s seat. We'll take the remainder of this year to search out the next executive director.
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I would be surprised if that would be something they would seek to do by way of executive fiat. In my view this would be something you would need to have the House speak to.
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I worked my way up from starting out at the warehouse, and now I'm the executive chef. Mark Ryan
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There's only so much you can teach a person until you reach the limits of his capabilities. Arnold Rothstein
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Now to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you've always loved to face: Steve Prefontaine. Bill Bowerman
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If terrorists aren't limited by borders and boundaries, we can't be, either. Raymond Kelly
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We were students on a limited budget. We had to move.
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We wanted to limit her touches. We didn't want her to get involved.
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We've had limited practices but from what I've seen of him in practice, I like what he does. Byron Scott
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Nobody is going to put a limit on what I'm doing. Michael Phelps
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The limitations are limitless. Beck
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We have a very substantial and loyal limited partner group.
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I know what the Giller nominee effect is, but we'll see what the next level is. Lynn Coady
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My first reaction is a simple one: It could have been a lot worst. ... The president has not sent us a nominee that we've rejected already. Charles Schumer
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We want a nominee that's set, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg is set, Sam Brownback