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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
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
emotional gotten hardest information instrument learned music older playing push song sound
What I've learned how to do as I've gotten older is to take all of the information that I have, and push it aside, and try to distill each song into an emotional theme. The hardest thing that I've ever had to learn how to do in playing music is use the sound of my instrument to create an emotional effect. Wynton Marsalis
emotional kids overtime
The overtime was an emotional issue. Our kids were shell-shocked that we were in that situation. Laurie Pirtle
emotional navigate perceive scenes truth wants
The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment. Ben Bass
emotional empathy states
The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person. Carl Rogers
emotional confusion pay
I realize that if I were stable, prudent and static; I'd live in death. Therefore I accept confusion, uncertainty, fear and emotional ups and downs; because that's the price I'm willing to pay for a fluid, perplexed and exciting life.
emotional curiosity problem
Curiosity and the urge to solve problems are the emotional hallmarks of our species ... Carl Sagan
emotional courageous exploration
It goes with a courageous intent to greet the universe as it really is, not to foist our emotional predispositions on it but to courageously accept what our explorations tell us.
emotional support solitude
In a culture in which interpersonal relationships are generally considered to provide the answer to every form of distress, it is sometimes difficult to persuade well-meaning helpers that solitude can be as therapeutic as emotional support. Anthony Storr
emotional america years
Sixteen years I've pounded my head against the mentality of America, which...I'd say it's about an 8th grade emotional level. Bill Hicks
headed signal toward
That was a signal that we were headed toward distress. Hugh Johnson
headed middle top
We were kind of in the middle of the road. We're in the top 20 and probably headed to the top 15.
headed hit northwest paul plane reality return
If a Northwest plane headed to Minot has to return to Minneapolis-St. Paul and an American plane has to return to Dallas, which one will hit the (local) news? That's the reality Northwest has to handle.
headed track
We're on the right track and headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, we're out of track. J. Taylor
headed sit
He'll come in, sit down with those guys, see where they're headed and if it's a fit.
headed maybe open road
I don't know what it is about the open road that makes it so appealing. Maybe it's because when you're headed somewhere, you don't have to be where you've already been. Steve Hofstetter
headed oklahoma yes
Yes it's true. He's headed to Oklahoma State.
headed june market meeting open percent possibly treasury yields
Treasury yields look headed to 5 percent by the May 10 (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting and possibly 5.25 percent by the June 29th.
headed jobs looks million row third
I think there's an over-obsession with monthly numbers. We've now had two years in a row with over 2 million jobs added, and it looks like we're headed for a third year.
huge quicker slim tend weight
If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it. Venus Williams
huge shift
It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect. Yehuda Berg
huge overall perception problems realized year
The overall perception was that it would take a year or two to get the problems ironed out. It is a huge endeavor, and we realized it would take time.
huge love
I love hanging out with my friends; I love to run. I box. I'm a huge movie buff. Brittany Snow
huge love
I am a huge fan of Reese Witherspoon, and I always get told that I look like her little sister. So I would love to play her little sister one day.
huge law leave unemployed
And it was a huge emotional thing to leave the law and become unemployed - to be a student again. David Steinberg
huge kid looking remember vietnam war
I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate. David Cross
huge quality team tough
That was huge. That was a quality team we beat. We've got some tough kids, and it's a tough group. For us, this is huge for our confidence.
huge kept knowing minute
That was huge knowing there was a minute to go and we kept them at their end.
percent
I would say I'm 90 percent collaborative in everything I do, and 10 percent of the time I just make the call. Ashton Kutcher
percent tools
We have tools out there which are 100 percent available.
percent within
We're within 2 percent of the 65 percent now.
percent scientists
Were we to go with 60 percent at NIH reviews, many of us scientists would be very uncomfortable with the quality. David Baltimore
percent
We re-use 85 to 90 percent of it.
percent ready sure
We just want to make sure he's 100 percent ready in his own mind, as well as physically. Dick Vermeil
percent services single terminal users windows
You can get 170 percent more Terminal Services users on a single server with Windows 2003 Server x64 than you can with 32-bit Windows.
percent win
You just want to win by one. To win by over 50 percent is especially gratifying. Andrew Cuomo
percent shoot shots waiting
I'm still waiting on that one. We shoot about 30 percent and that would take about 300 shots. I think we try to take that many shots sometimes.
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.
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.
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
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,
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.