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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
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
asked carry police required
The police have been asked to carry out investigations and carry out the required proceedings. Debasish Sen
bad good
When you play good, everything is good, but when you don't play so good, everything is bad. Even when you think there are good things, they still say bad things.
bad expect people time
Sometimes people expect that I'm going to be tough. It's not a bad situation. People treat you better. People are on time. Tina Fey
bad budding education future global happening higher hopeful incredibly knows leaves lord news online revolution today
Lord knows there's a lot of bad news in the world today to get you down, but there is one big thing happening that leaves me incredibly hopeful about the future, and that is the budding revolution in global online higher education. Thomas Friedman
bad beings certain departed human life notions queer souls taken tigers unless
The Malays have many queer notions about tigers and usually only speak of them in whispers, because they think that certain souls of human beings who have departed this life have taken up their abode in these beasts, and in some places, for this reason, they will not kill a tiger unless he commits some specially bad aggression. Isabella Bird
bad christmas john lennon merry wishing
It's bad enough being conned into singing an anti-war message by John Lennon when you think you're just wishing everyone a merry Christmas.
bad darker dig nolan script written
The only description for Nolan in the script was that he's a very bad dresser. I put on a red windbreaker and every other ugly, ill-fitting thing I could dig out. He was potentially written as a clean-cut nerd, but I wanted a darker spin. Gabriel Mann
bad soon
You can have a bad day, but as soon as you set foot on that stage it's joyous. Glenn Tipton
bad freeing music
Writing music is such a freeing exercise, and it's really nice to play in that world of being confident, vengeful - getting back at all the bad boyfriends. Gin Wigmore
bad good gritty guys love romantic tend
I would love to do a good gritty drama, a romantic role. I tend to play bad guys for some reason. Will Rothhaar
broke eastern far high japan school university war
I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941.
broke finds joke leaves
The alienist is not a joke - He finds you cracked, and leaves you broke
broke straw
That was the straw that broke the camel's back.
broken
That was something to me. There were times when I was crying, and she'd come around to me and say, 'Are you all right, Mary?' I was broken up. Mary Carillo
broke executing foul half noise players second
We just didn't have our composure. We broke (the press) early, in the first half, (and in) the second half but I think (with) the noise and the crowd, we weren't executing and because of foul trouble, we had some players that were inexperienced. And that was a big key.
broke came defense half life second
We came out in the second half with no life and our defense broke down.
broke poor temporary
Broke is temporary, poor is eternal. Robert Kiyosaki
broken losses major recording ring
We have broken up ... a major counterfeiting ring that has been inflicting substantial losses in the recording industry,
broken criminal-mind
For trust not him that hath once broken faith William Shakespeare
everybody member wrong
I have a lot to do with the writing, and also the production, but it would be wrong of me to say that I'm the most important member of the band, because everybody is important the way I see it.
everybody great score tries
Everybody tries to score a great goal, and I am lucky I have netted a few. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
everybody maybe might pleasure time useful
It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused. Zadie Smith
everybody hope included people point realise scottish terrific work
From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football - referees included - are always under terrific scrutiny. Walter Smith
everybody kept marvelous michael police seats stay
The police did a marvelous job. So did (ring announcer) Michael Buffer. He kept everybody calm. He told everyone to stay in their seats and that everything was under control.
everybody knew living small
One thing about living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me. Anna Nicole Smith
everybody excited executive good lucky producers work
I'm very excited to work with everybody on 'The Bridge' - the cast, the writing staff, the executive producers - the show is really good. I'm very lucky to be a part of it. Brian Van Holt
everybody
Vittorio De Sica famously made 'Bicycle Thieves'; that's the film of his everybody knows. Beeban Kidron
everybody good hit obviously simpson sounds
I remember I could do - I did Bart Simpson once on the bus. I did, like, a really good Bart Simpson voice on the bus, obviously before I hit puberty. And everybody went, 'Whoa, that sounds just like Bart Simpson.' Bill Hader
gave lived pay salary time training travel
I had time with my mother, but I really lived with my father. One time he gave all his salary so I could travel to a training camp. He couldn't pay the rent, but he did that.
gave lack might outsiders played until
The outsiders might second-guess this, but we didn't quit. Until the very end, we gave it all out there. Give the Panthers credit. They played well. We didn't, but it wasn't lack of effort. Keith Brooking
gave girls interested school
I once gave a talk at a girls' school and, once I'd finished, 29 out of the 30 girls wanted to be film directors. I think that's where we need to get girls interested in making films. We need to give them the idea that they can, that it's one of the things on their horizon.
gave hated pitch terrible
I hated pitch meetings. Pitch meetings were my least favorite part of the week. I just gave up. I was so terrible at them.
gave good player terrific
I gave a Collings dreadnought to a young guitar player in the Valley where I live because he didn't have a good acoustic, and he's a terrific player. David Crosby
gave gift given god life open people
God gave us the gift of life in heaven. Many people are given this gift, but they never open it. They never do anything with it. Rick Warren
gave second took tough won
That was a tough one. (Montoursville) just took over the net. When they won the second set (7-5) I think it gave them a boost.
gave key
That was the key of the game. It gave us a big lift.
gave key lift momentum needed
That was a key play. That gave us a big lift and some momentum going into halftime. We needed to keep them out of the end zone.
guys
When we were growing up, we had all these crazy, in-your-face guys around the house. For us, it was like, 'Ugh! Actors again.'
guys life met
I've been very fortunate and met the guys that have become, basically, philosophers and have a kind of sensibility about life that's very precious. Val Kilmer
guys
When I first used to tour, guys would come up and say, 'Where's the fight club in my area?' and I would say, 'There isn't one.' And they'd say, 'No, no, you can tell me, you can tell me.' Chuck Palahniuk
guys left microsoft napster
When you think about the guys who started Twitter, and the Google guys, and the Facebook guys and the Napster guys, and the Microsoft guys, and the Dell guys and the Instagram guys, it's all guys. The girls, they're being left behind. will.i.am
guys likely numbers stay theme
The overriding theme of these numbers is that these guys are pretty much tied, and will likely stay that way for a long time.
guys people
The guys in the Twins understand that the better Weezer does, the more people will probably care about us. Brian Bell
guys learn lose tough
We have a lot of young guys who haven't jelled yet. It's tough when you lose (last year's seniors), but you have to learn to play without them.
guys
We have a lot of young guys and we'll see where we stand.
guys showering
We need to have our showers, there's some guys in here who should be showering more often than they are. Lindsey Hunter
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.
happens heard job lives performance performer point somebody sure whatever
My job as a performer is to make sure that whatever happens in a performance lives in somebody else, that it's memorable... If you forget tomorrow what you heard yesterday, there's really not much point in you having been there - or me, for that matter. Yo-Yo Ma
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.'
happened
I just happened to wind up in a metal band when I was 15. Chino Moreno
happen joe
That wouldn't happen with just any Joe Blow.
happen known since vegas worst
That would be the worst thing that could happen to us, to be all casinos, and we've known that since Day One. We don't want to be the Las Vegas of the South.
happen
That will not happen again. We've improved, and we're much better than that now.
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
helped means
The Ukrainians don't have the military means to stand up to Russia, but we haven't helped them militarily, either. Wesley Clark
helped life playing
Playing Chelsea on 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody' really helped with my over-the-top comedy. Brittany Curran
helped time
I think my time on 'Australian Idol' really helped train my voice for a lot of genres. Dean Geyer
helped
I helped make the Sixties swing, and I'm very proud of that. Cilla Black
help nurture provide vital
It's vital that we help them get the right start, nurture their development and provide for their well-being. Christopher Dodd
helped
Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books. Alice Walker
helping mercy best-god
The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink, And trust His mercy humbly for the rest. Bill Vaughan
help program until
The applicants will still be responsible for their bills. The program will only help them up until March.
helping money sell store
The association earns money by helping to sell them and working at the store on the day of the event. E. O. Wilson
last past patterns predictor reliable seeing similar witnessed
The patterns we are seeing are similar to those witnessed in the last campaign, but the past is not always a reliable predictor of the future.
last list putting trap
Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy. Victoria Osteen
last
I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders. Richard Daley
lasted survived though
Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its still here, and that's says a lot. Nas
lasts remember last-time
She couldn't remember the last time she hugged someone, really hugged someone. Cecelia Ahern
lasts world savior
The saviors of the world, society's last hope. Bertrand Russell
last
The always-important last at-bat. That's big, especially here. Jim Edmonds
last million until
The $5 million will not last us until the summer.
last
That was it, that was the last straw,
listening
I have the thermometer in my mouth and I am listening to it all the time.
listening until
I was still listening to the Beatles until I came here, you know. David Thewlis
listening want albums
I grew up listening to everything. I have such a love for music, but I don't want to make the same album over and over again. Carrie Underwood
listening wagner
We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great. Bernadette Peters
listening mind
I don't mind either one [crowd that is more willing to interact or crowd that's more ready to just watch]. Both of them are forms of listening to what I'm saying so I can't ask for any more than that. Bill Burr
listening
That will be something we will do a lot of is listening to students.
listening studies
Listening to them, you would think they want studies done on humans.
listening wisest yorker
listening to probably the wisest New Yorker that we can know of at this time.
listening program success test
From the outset, we said that the program was a test and we said that we would be evaluating its success and listening to our customers.
means obama rookie
When Obama heralds another 'teachable moment,' it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake. Tina Brown
meant
Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.
means songs taught
'Miss Saigon' taught me what it means to help carry a big show, and it had some of the most gorgeous songs wrote. Will Chase
mean picking polls virtually week
The polls mean virtually nothing, ... We're not tottering on the edge. Each week we're picking up momentum. Gary Bauer
mean patients serve
The patients are happier, and we can serve more patients. More patients mean more revenues.
meant met
And I haven't met too many actors along the way that haven't told me how much the show has meant to them. It's one of the reasons they say they are doing what they're doing, today. David Selby
means overseas passing takes
My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks. David Wenham
means million plugging records stands
With Celine Dion, we were selling 25 million records a pop. 'Pop' stands for 'popular.' It means we're plugging into the masses. David Foster
means played slang
'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was probably a word I just Googled one day, and the song kind of played into the feel of that. Dev Hynes
night silence clarity
Her silence was worth more to her than a thousand words.In that silence,she had peace and clarity.Except during the night,when her own jumbled thoughts would keep her awake.
night get-better best-night-of-my-life
This is the best night of my life. And it's going to get better.
night doors sky
Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs. Carl Sagan
night warm
My business doesn't keep me warm at night. Bethenny Frankel
night belts seats
Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night! - As Margo Channing in All About Eve Bette Davis
night light fans
And Shanghai is amazing. I'm a fan of science fiction so when you're there in the night with all the lights and all this modernity, it's like a set in a movie. Berenice Marlohe
night thinking imagination
I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself - and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. Ashley Tisdale
night way politician
The way I approach stardom and the show, I'm like a politician. I'm an elected late-night official to do your work. Arsenio Hall
night scared ifs
I'm not scared to spend money. If you go out with me one night, you will understand that. Arsene Wenger
opportunity
China's development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific. Yoshihiko Noda
opportunity
If I'm given an opportunity to do something, I do it. Or else I fool around with it. William Shatner
opportunity time
I'm a big fan of documentaries. I've always loved them, and I've just never had the opportunity or the time to make a feature. Frank Marshall
opportunity
[When] opportunities present themselves, I take them. It's just how I roll!
opportunity other-worlds waiting
Maybe it's a little early. Maybe the time is not quite yet. But those other worlds - promising untold opportunities - beckon. Silently, they orbit the Sun, waiting.
opportunity winning oscars
I guess I really haven't thought much about winning an Oscar, but if I had the opportunity, I'm sure I would like it. Ashton Kutcher
opportunity looks
Opportunities look a lot like work.
opportunity waiting boardwalk-empire
Some days I make 20 bets. Some days, I make none…so I wait, plan, marshal my resources. And when I finally see an opportunity and there is a bet to make, I bet it all, Arnold Rothstein
opportunity film
I like the opportunity to make films. Antoine Fuqua
responsibility thinking play
I certainly enjoyed having my sister, because when she came I felt a certain responsibility to help her fit in, and help her learn English. I wanted her to play with all my toys. I was actually, I think, really scary to her, because I had so much energy. Carrie Coon
responsibility successful people
Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it.
responsibility confusion trying
When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good. . . . When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and to go on. It is astonishing how elements which seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens. How confusions which seem irremediable turn into relatively clear flowing streams when one is heard. Carl Rogers
responsibility home our-world
A tiny blue dot set in a sunbeam. Here it is. That's where we live. That's home. We humans are one species and this is our world. It is our responsibility to cherish it. Of all the worlds in our solar system, the only one so far as we know, graced by life.
responsibility animal thinking
There are many other (besides testosterone) behaviour-eliciting hormones fundamental for humen well-being, including estrogen and progesterone in females. The fact that complex behavioural patterns can be triggered by a tiny concentration of moleculas coursing through the bloodstream, and that different animals of the same species generate different amounts of these hormones, is something worth thinking about when it's time to judge such matters as free will, individual responsibility, and law and order.
responsibility helping-others simple
With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that. Arpad Busson
responsibility spirit composer
The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors. Anton Seidl
responsibility past thinking
I think the combatant is always burdened with returning and making his way through his past. And that we as citizens have a responsibility to those guys upon return. We have to make some kind of an attempt to understand what their life is like. Anthony Swofford
responsibility genius want
Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why, I want to know, are not traitors decorated? Antoine de Saint-Exupery
stadiums
Just to be able to play every day in stadiums like this. Chris Jones
stadium yankee
Yankee Stadium is a mistake: Not mine - the Giants'.
stadium super year
We would have to have a year trialing the new stadium through Super 14 before the World Cup. John Alexander
stadium yankee
That was a Yankee Stadium homer, for sure, Jason Giambi
stadiums
It's been unbelievable. It's probably one of the loudest, if not the loudest, stadiums I've ever been in.
stadium type
It wouldn't be a stadium type of a thing.
stadium
Without the new stadium we probably wouldn't be going to Cardiff,
stadium tunnel walking
It was everything you'd think it would be. Walking through the tunnel into that stadium with your country's team, there's nothing like it.
stadiums complaints crap
Even if I built a 50,000-seater stadium and bought Ronaldinho, there'd still be complaints about crap hotdogs. Simon Jordan
sunday golf law
A decision of the courts decided that the game of golf may be played on a Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.
sunday law june
It's against the law to go out on Sunday from the end of June until Labor Day. It forces the fishermen to spend some time with their families.
sunday worried worry worse
He doesn't keep me up. I think the more you worry the worse you play. If you get too worried about him, you're going be worried about him on Sunday when you play and it's going take you out of your game.
sunday government law
You're not allowed to park a truck in your driveway. You're not allowed to work on your house on Sunday. The people who enforce these laws are nuts. After I wrote a column on this, I got I don't know how many letters from Coral Gables homeowners, story after story after story, wonderfully horrible stories. And the venom they felt for their own government! Dave Barry
sunday knows
Necessity knows no Sunday. Agnes Repplier
sunday coats week
There is a Sunday conscience as well as a Sunday coat; and those who make religion a secondary concern put the coat and conscience carefully by to put on only once a week. Charles Dickens
sunday church judgmental
I rejected the God that was portrayed as masculine and judgmental and cruel at times. The concept of us bring not worthy to receive him is something I used to say every Sunday in church, and eventually I just couldn't say it with any conviction. Alanis Morissette
sunday people afternoon
The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters. Alan Bennett
sunday men winning
On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is -- can you win or lose like a man? Al Pacino
talk watching
Don't even try to talk to me when I'm watching the moon. That's my moon, baby. Wendelin Van Draanen
talking done use
There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy. For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again. C. S. Lewis
talking world persons
If talking were aerobic, I'd be the thinnest person in the world. Carrie Fisher
talking iowa albums
Taking a scenic route in Southeast Iowa is like talking about a good Barry Manilow album. You have to make certain allowances. Bill Bryson
talking people information
There's something advantageous about having people underestimate your intellect, insomuch as a lot of things are revealed to you. They assume you don't know what you're talking about, then all of a sudden, you do. And the next thing you know, you have information you wouldn't normally have.
talking bored hours
I was crushingly bored talking about politics 30 hours a week. Art Bell
talking action
Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
talks
'Raining Diamonds' talks about knowing there's something better out there. You don't have to just settle. Ricki-Lee Coulter
talking
Typically speaking, we're probably talking about around $100,000 for everything. Kyle Brown
talked team together
We've talked with them, but we've talked to a lot of teams. I still like the team that we've assembled, but we just haven't been able to see it together because of injuries. So we're having to look at some different things. You can't just be stagnant. Like they say, if you're not getting better, you're getting worse.
talked teams willing
We've talked to teams about the pick, and we're willing to move.
talked
We've talked to (Pat), and he's going to get back to us.
talked within
We've talked to him about opportunities within our cluster. It's really in Steve's court.
talked winning
We haven't even talked about winning the league. We just want to play to our potential.
talked
We have talked about (going to state) every day this year.
talked thinking
When you started thinking your going to make a mistake, you've talked yourself into making it.
talked
I talked with the contractor, who is still optimistic.
talked
I talked to them. They said it's just not true.
talking done use
There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy. For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.
talking world persons
If talking were aerobic, I'd be the thinnest person in the world.
talking iowa albums
Taking a scenic route in Southeast Iowa is like talking about a good Barry Manilow album. You have to make certain allowances.
talking people information
There's something advantageous about having people underestimate your intellect, insomuch as a lot of things are revealed to you. They assume you don't know what you're talking about, then all of a sudden, you do. And the next thing you know, you have information you wouldn't normally have.
talking bored hours
I was crushingly bored talking about politics 30 hours a week.
talking action
Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
talking
Typically speaking, we're probably talking about around $100,000 for everything.
talking
You are actually talking to Obeidi? ... Where is he? What did he say?
talking telling
I think they're focused. I've been talking to them every day and telling them not be satisfied.