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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
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
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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
blank call
When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script. Edward Norton
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What's sometimes really overwhelming in Sweden is the uniformity. People kind of disappear by all looking the same and wearing the same clothes. There are a lot of great individuals, but it can become a very blank and bleak picture. Neneh Cherry
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John Roberts is no longer a blank slate, he has an extensive record and that record is far outside the mainstream. Debra Ness
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I think one of the few faults in Dickens is that mostly his lead characters are blanks - who is David Copperfield, who is Oliver Twist? And yet he takes such joy in populating the rest of his novels with these fantastic, grotesque people like Pecksmith and so on. Mark Gatiss
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I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold. Dan Brown
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We proved they were valid. By linking computerized sleuthing to laboratory experiments to confirm those findings, we expect to be able to eventually fill in many blanks in human protein-protein interactions.
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We'll get there the day before and do some promotional work regarding our features. We'll get together and figure out how we're going to do the promotions. But everything is a blank canvas right now. Rece Davis
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Throughout my life, I've known that if I change my hair, if I change my look, people I know will blank me in the street. Hattie Morahan
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I was sitting here on this blanket so, here's the truck - maybe 6 feet.
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I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really observant, and thinking how a person is put together, seeing them on the street and noticing subtle things about them that make them who they are. Cindy Sherman
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Typically Microsoft issues the Office copy for the Mac after they offer it for the PC. It always lags by about a year. Rob Enderle
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Most internships are geared towards reporters writing stories. This was the first time I had seen an internship that focused on what I wanted to get into - copy editing." ()
copy corner popping
It didn't think of popping around the corner and popping a copy through the door.
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I write in all sorts of places; it's a legacy of my time as a journalist, where I could turn out copy in a hotel corridor. But I have a little office that I rent in my local town, and that's my ideal place. Jojo Moyes
copy paper
Just keep a paper copy of what you filed. David Foster
copying sick tired
I'm sick and tired of you copying me. I don't want a clone. Kimberly Stewart
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I'm stupidly crazy for old movies. I (record) them so that when I'm doing my makeup in the morning, I have them on. I can be like: 'Look at Jane Russell in that shiny leopard dress - I'm copying that.' Gwen Stefani
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We have not received a copy of the order but it is understood that the high court has called for a report on various lapses that might be there in the case. Information is being gathered and we are examining reports of investigation.
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In 1994, after four years of talking about travel on my first show, I realized I knew so little about the world - I knew so little about myself. I decided to quit my job and pursue a postgraduate degree in New York. Yang Lan
decided everybody songs
We toyed with the idea of making it a double album, but I think that would only have confused everybody even more, so we decided to stick with the songs we picked. Thom Yorke
decided fine rule term
We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over. Ike Barinholtz
decide morning wake
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and there's nothing doing, so I decide to make something happen by lunch. Irving Paul Lazar
decided job
Writing a book is usually a full-time job that takes years. I didn't have years. So I decided to crowdsource content for the book. Vivek Wadhwa
decide natural ourselves selection
We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become. E. O. Wilson
decided playing
When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there. Becky G
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I decided to launch a fragrance because Aeropostale approached me about creating one, and it's something that I kind of always wanted to do but didn't think it would actually happen. So when I heard I had the opportunity to create my own perfume, I got super excited. Bethany Mota
decided either interviews promotions seen ways
Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.' Vidya Balan
money
The thing about using other people's money is they're going to set the rules. Tyler Perry
money sculptures sold
I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures and just had more money.
money
Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
money
I want to give away the money. I don't want to die with it. I want the money to be used well. William E. Conway, Jr.
money work
Let's be honest, I have enough money to never have to work again.
money pays power spends uses
Citigroup has a lot of money, it spends a lot of money, and it uses that money to grow and consolidate power. And it pays off. Elizabeth Warren
money
Photography is more about money now but then so are most things. David Bailey
money offered outpouring people received support time
The outpouring of support we've received in Grandview has just been overwhelming. So many people offered to give their money and their time to help.
money
We could give 'Take That' a run for their money. Brian Harvey
people
Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country. Yahya Jammeh
people willing
In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs. Yossi Vardi
people skeptical sudden telling wrist
Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself. Yancy Butler
people
I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'
people
People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
people
I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
people trying
I don't have any hobbies. You know, I'm very embarrassed when people ask me what are my hobbies; I don't have any hobbies. I mean, it's just enough to keep up with the things I'm trying to solve. Irwin Rose
people tendency
Usually, when you're working or you're on set, everything is very guarded. At parties, people have a tendency to relax.
people
When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else. Imani Hakim
published
John Updike's first published book was a collection of poems.
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Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've made it as a published writer of the type of SF that I want to write and read, but I'm still waiting for that big breakthrough.
published
That's because they had published prices, and we haven't set prices.
published
I speak English and Spanish. I write in Spanish; my books are published in English. Isabel Allende
published wrote
The so-called No. 2 is actually the first one because he thought the first one, which he wrote second, was a little better, so he had it published first.
published suffers time
Every published writer suffers through that first draft because most of the time, that's a disappointment. Rebecca Stead
published success york
I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30. Morley Callaghan
published
I published my first poem in 'The Paris Review' in 1980. Siri Hustvedt
realized time
After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.' Yoko Ono
realize society soon spirit
We will all soon realize that we are a society of spirit
realize run scope women work
I have an overactive sense of justice. I want women to realize you don't have to work for the company. You can run the company. I want the scope for them to be endless. Melissa McCarthy
realized taken
Winning had become kind of automatic, but I realized in 2008 that at any moment that could be taken away from me. Steven Lopez
realized timing
I think they realized the timing was all wrong. Chuck D.
realized
I think they realized if they didn't do that they we were going to the house.
realize
I was used by Pvt. Graner, ... I didn't realize it at the time. Lynndie England
realize season stretch toughest
We realize the toughest stretch of the season is here. Billy Donovan
realized
We realized we really do better when when we're all together.
slate
Having a blank slate is sometimes as daunting as it is exciting.
slate step time wipe
It's time to step back and wipe the slate clean.
slate
Cody Slate is going to play this year.
terms
We've had dialogue. It's just like the old days, in terms of the relationship.
terms waiting
We're waiting on the Kangaroos to come back in terms of that deal.
terms
On the tech side, little start-ups can do something magnificent. They don't need too much in terms of plants and infrastructure. Hamdi Ulukaya
terms
We have no terms for dialogue, but we do have terms for negotiations.
terms thinks
Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me. Hallie Ephron
terms view
I don't view it in the terms of a comeback, Jay Farrar
terms
I don't think of this in terms of winning,
terms
We're not going to take any risks. It's a big crater in terms of diameter, but really shallow. It's nothing like Endurance. Steve Squyres
terms
We would still have been here if we could have come to terms with the union. Willis Reed