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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
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
consumers desires knew producers surprising uncover uses
Just as producers often give consumers things they want but didn't think to ask for, consumers sometimes come up with surprising uses for new inventions. When a new product appears, it can uncover dissatisfactions and desires no one knew were there. Virginia Postrel
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The pick up in house price inflation since mid-2005 has the potential to provide further positive impetus to consumer spending in the months ahead. Michael Workman
consumers continued free gadget holiday love season year
The 2005 holiday season was a gadget year for consumers of all ages, and consumers continued to show their love for free shipping.
consumers interest issue items rates rising sensitive takes
The affordability issue from rising interest rates takes some consumers out of the market. These are big-ticket items for consumers. They are going to be sensitive to interest rates. Paul Taylor
consumer finding last resilient ways year
The American consumer has been particularly resilient over the last year plus, ... They're finding ways to spend.
consumer reinforce
That will just reinforce the slowdown in consumer spending. David Rosenberg
consumer high hurt obviously oil prices resistance
We have already started to see some consumer resistance on high oil prices and this is obviously going to increase, and it will hurt consumer spending.
consumers hit mean prices pricing raise songs throw variable
We can throw variable pricing in and we can raise prices of a hit song, but it doesn't mean consumers will buy. They have an alternative - get songs for free.
consumer customers entire gross million momentum per sales site tremendous vibrant
We have tremendous momentum in our flagship business. Our customers now transact well over $200 million in gross merchandise sales per month, making this the most vibrant consumer e-commerce site on the entire Internet. Meg Whitman
focus luck original trying
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.
focus quotes solutions time
Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems.
focusing home land mind open people problems time
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
focused being-loved
I'm not overly focused on being loved by everybody. Bethenny Frankel
focus surfing frustrated
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
focus glad mentioned next
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.
focused girls practiced spring week
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.
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We're really starting to see the strongest influences of the '80s in spring 2006.
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I'm a mad thinker in general. I think about everything, all the time. Especially when I write music, a lot of the influences come from personal experiences or from being on the outside looking in, being that person who witnessed things that stuck with me throughout my life. Adam Hicks
influences public
It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the media.
influences noir recognize river russian site style taste
Pinot noir is very site specific. You can recognize a Russian River style. The area's influences is why the taste is so unique.
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Love is everything. It is the key to life, and its influences are those that move the world.
influences left mark today
MLK really left his mark even today and influences us in our community.
influences love number
My influences are, number one, hand to Jesus, Halle Berry. I think that she's so brilliant, and I love everything that she does, even 'Catwoman.' Alexandra Shipp
influences recent steal suddenly worried
When it comes to other people's writing, my older influences are more powerful than more recent ones, partially because I'm now more worried that I'll suddenly accidentally steal something from another writer. Elizabeth McCracken
influences positive pulling velvet
To me, the positive thing about it was we were pulling out these old influences like the Velvet Underground and the Stooges that were gone. Robert Quine
reports
We've had firsthand reports that it's a mess.
reports vague
Vague injurious reports are no men's lies, but all men's carelesness. Arthur Helps
reports steps terms
What you have is an important set of steps in terms of these are high-temperature, high-pressure facilities. And that's if you have not had any damage, and we know from preliminary reports that's not the case.
reports talk useful willing
We're always willing to talk about how to make reports like this as useful as possible.
reports science tragedy
Certainly, if these reports are true, it's a tragedy for science.
reports seen trying whether
We have seen these reports and we are trying to find out whether he has said these things.
reports
There have been reports of higher-than-usual absenteeism at some locations.
reports seriously
The reports of the settlement discussions are seriously inaccurate. Bob Bennett
reports
I am very unhappy about reports that I was seeking asylum in Manila. Sukarno