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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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The 5-on-3 can bite you in the (rear), and it did tonight. Craig Anderson
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That would bite on disposable personal income at the end of the month. David Littmann
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That was waiting to bite us. If Opportunity had landed first, it would have had the same problem. Steve Squyres
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That would be a radical makeover but what Sun needs is a radical makeover. It needs to bite the bullet on hardware and make a bold strategic move,
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We could have won it, but we didn't capitalize and it came back to bite us.
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My mother had seven children in seven years. No twins. She also had a three-legged beagle who was compelled to bite strangers, a freakishly big double-pawed tomcat who regularly left dead rabbits on the front doorstep, and 70 white mice that one or another of us had smuggled home from my father's research laboratory. Rosemary Mahoney
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We had our chances. But these girls kept at it; it's all heart with them. They bite their lips and play through injury. ... I'm proud to be on the sideline next to these girls.
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Usually when you work with mice you can pet them. But any mouse on a restricted diet would try to jump out of the cage and bite you.
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Wahid and Megawati are still not living in reality. They have to bite the bullet and start taking action. We need real leadership. People are fighting each other and we have to do something for the interests of the nation.
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I'm trying to focus on original material. That is what I've had my luck with. Idina Menzel
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The overtime was a good quarter for us. The girls focused up a little bit, and we were able to make some big foul shots down the stretch. That really helped us.
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Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.
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By the time I land in Iowa, I feel like my mind is more open to the reality of being back home and focusing on the problems of the people in my district. Bruce Braley
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I'm not overly focused on being loved by everybody. Bethenny Frankel
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Like, with one arm I know I can surf, but competitive surfing can be really frustrating, and sometimes you don't do as well as you want to. It can be discouraging at times. But whenever I do get frustrated, I just focus on God. Bethany Hamilton
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The 21-loss thing is probably always going to be mentioned next to my name, but I'm glad the focus is off of that.
focus general
That was the general focus of what we did. I think we were right.
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That was the week of spring break, and we hadn't practiced in a week. The girls are more focused right now than they were that day.