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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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That iPad you just bought. Do you care that it cost a few pence to manufacture? No. It's cost you several hundred pounds because somebody else was willing to pay that much for it. If they weren't... it wouldn't. Ian Watson
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Healthcare costs are rising, and not just Medicare and Medicaid, but healthcare in general. Gwen Moore
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers. Val Kilmer
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It's weird to be recognised anywhere. The cost of living your dream, acting, is being recognised. Colin Morgan
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A linear accelerator has the advantage that no magnet is required and that its cost should not rise much more steeply than with the energy of the particles required.
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The overweight have a significantly higher risk of diabetes, gallstones, hypertension, and heart disease, ... All have costs and an impact on the quality of life that get ignored if we focus only on mortality.
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The people are fed up with politicians and the cost of keeping this place (the assembly) open.
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The outstanding issue is who will pay for the cost overruns. You don't know what you will hit when you start to tunnel. There are a lot of unknowns. Andrew Alberts
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The out-of-pocket cost is usually about $50 to $55 a day (per inmate) that we pay to another county to rent the space, ... But we also have to pay for our officers' time to transport them and the cost of transport, like fuel costs.
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There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them realized. Tyler Perry
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If you are a serious writer or just a normal one, in one way or another, you are writing in the service of freedom. All writers know, understand, or dream that their work will be in the service of freedom.
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Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams. Ben Carson
dreams
Our dreams drench us in sense, and sense steeps us again in dreams. Amos Bronson Alcott
dreams gives source
Ideas are all around you - everything gives you ideas. But the real source is the part of your brain that dreams. Bruce Coville
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We must work to help all families and all communities realize their dream of a better future. Christine Gregoire
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God doesn't want us to merely sit around dreaming about things we can do and be. That's a good place to start, but a poor place to stop. God wants us to turn our dreams into action. Victoria Osteen
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I have very weirdly realistic dreams where it could be real life, except it's not. Nat Wolff
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Man's conquest of Nature, if the dreams of some scientific planners are realized, means the rule of a few hundreds of men over billions upon billions of men. There neither is nor can be any simple increase of power on Man's side. Each new power won by man is a power over man as well. C. S. Lewis
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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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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
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.
support library librarian
Our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support our libraries. Carl Sagan
support able
Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love. Art Alexakis
support
We have a lot of support from our families.
support sustained
I think it will have the support of the American people, and it will be sustained and we will be successful. Donald Rumsfeld
supporting supports
I'm still undecided about who I'm supporting for governor, but I'm a person who supports the anti-Nussle campaign.
support tougher
I'm here to support the commissioner and tougher drug penalties. Hank Aaron
support
I won't support it, ... I don't want anything to do with (Shirley).
support
I was there for (Gwen) but I couldn't do anything for her. You can't do anything. They're all on their own, and you got to support them.
support
To go this long and have all that stress, we have to have support from somewhere.