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asked constitution giggle illegal lobby mandela mentioned might nelson warned
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
asked chair class middle mum room teacher william
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
asked asking consider expressed israel maybe might newspapers
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
asked
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
asking bedside good several table
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
asked david fan huge knew might sent
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
race earth praying
Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere. C. S. Lewis
race achievement silence
Inner silence is for our race a difficult achievement. There is a chattering part of the mind which continues, until it is corrected, to chatter on even in the holiest places. C. S. Lewis
race rats innocence
In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent! Bette Davis
race done winner
If at the end of a race you know yourself that you have done your best, you're a winner. Bill Bowerman
race may ends
The human race may well become extinct before the end of the century. Bertrand Russell
race traveller
European travellers find the Japanese a smiling race. Bertrand Russell
race humans ifs
How much good it would do if one could exterminate the human race. Bertrand Russell
race belief divine
Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race. Bertrand Russell
race turned
We have a new coach, so we're still working on a lot of things. For our first race together, it turned out OK. Jimmy Austin
titles
I will never be below the title. Bette Davis
title
What I loved about 'The 40 Year-Old Virgin,' the title is the easy sell, but when you see the movie, the comedy is more free-form and more relatable. Peyton Reed
title win
I'd like to win one more title to make it an even dozen, Larry Clark
titles film terrible
I'm terrible at making titles. I never like the titles of my films. Cary Fukunaga
titles spirit christ
I am a channel for the Christ spirit. The title was given to me very recently by the Godhead. David Icke
title until won
Until you've won a title you'll never be completely happy. Chris Whitaker
title
Yes, I have that kind of title on my back. But I'll put up my numbers. It's just going to be a little harder. Robbie Earl
titles institutions humans
The whole title by which you possess your property, is not a title of nature but of a human institution. Blaise Pascal
titles directors vengeance
I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine. Bong Joon-ho
vegas casinos audio
We're all living in a casino. It's just Vegas. Everything is on camera. Everything is being recorded. Everything is on audio. The truth is we all have access to everybody else's information. Ashton Kutcher
vegas guy strikes
What strikes me as funny about Elvis is that all the impersonators choose to do the Vegas Elvis, not the young, cool guy... Bill Hicks
vegas married minutes
Marriage is a big deal, but who's to say I'm not going to pull a Vegas and get married to see what it's like for a minute? Lindsay Lohan
vegas quiet
There's just no quiet in Vegas. Barry Manilow
vegas towers eiffel-tower
I like the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas more than the actual one. David LaChapelle
vegas long waiting
If you wait too long in Vegas, you end up with a chicken finger in your underwear. Chelsea Handler
vegas kind fine
Everytime I go to Vegas, I seem to incur some kind of fine. Artie Lange
vegas people teeth
Branson, Missouri, is Vegas for people with no teeth. Dennis Miller
vegas las-vegas comedian
I do a lot of Vegas work and work with the comedians. Ben E. King
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. Carl Sagan
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. Bette Davis