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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
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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
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
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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
asked carry police required
The police have been asked to carry out investigations and carry out the required proceedings. Debasish Sen
happened people recently sort sorts wanting
Television has shied away from being too dark, because so much has happened to us recently here in the West, and people are sort of wanting to see more uplifting sorts of things. Idris Elba
happened life primarily public
Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me. Ian Mckellen
happened lewis people prevent producing series
Producing a series is like being Lewis and Clark: You know where you're going, you just don't know how you're going to get there. When people say, 'You should create a bible for your show,' I say, 'You don't want a bible. It'll prevent you from making discoveries along the way.' And that's what happened on 'The X-Files.' Chris Carter
happened
I just happened to wind up in a metal band when I was 15. Chino Moreno
happened kept telling
That was so unfortunate. It could have happened to any of us. I kept telling him, 'You'll be OK. We're right there with you. Kevin Garnett
happened sanctions
We have always wanted sanctions after what has happened in Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo
happened huge jack jaw passing time
One time, just passing by, I happened to see Jack White from the White Stripes. I'm a huge White Stripes fan, and I did a whole 180. It was like my jaw hit the ground. Reid Scott
happened neither nor reform
Would the Protestant Reformation have happened without the printing press? Would the American Revolution have happened without pamphlets? Probably not. But neither printing presses nor pamphlets were the heroes of reform and revolution. Rebecca MacKinnon
happened hidden history interest means serving source wealth
The source of wealth is from individuals with little or no history of interest in the game, who have happened upon football as a means of serving some hidden agenda. Sepp Blatter
team thinking too-much
I do not think about the national team too much because footballistically it is not of too much interest. Arsene Wenger
team player thinking
I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region. Arsene Wenger
team wrestling fighting
One of the things I discovered in Japan was from watching sumo wrestling. At the end you can never tell who has won the fight, and who has lost, because they do not show their emotion because it could embarrass the loser. It is unbelievable. That is why I try to teach my team politeness. It is only here in England that everybody pokes their tongue out when they win. Arsene Wenger
teamwork best-team
We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly. Bill Bradley
teamwork leader should
Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous Bill Bradley
team wins
The 20 wins is nice, but it's a whole lot better that this team is in the playoffs, Roy Oswalt
team
The '98 team was probably the most disappointing. Craig Biggio
team
The 7-0 thing is nice, but more importantly, it's a team win, Aaron Small
team veteran
That was the most disappointing thing about this game. We have a veteran team and we should know what to do in those situations. Jim Pace