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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
fellow folks owe
Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them. Yolanda Adams
fellow shock workshop writers
When I first read the story 'Guts' in workshop - my fellow writers that I've been meeting with for almost 20 years - they laughed; they didn't have any kind of shock reaction. Chuck Palahniuk
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The 'Great Walk to Beijing' was a fundraiser for my cancer center. It was a three-week trek with fellow cancer 'thrivers,' including celebrities ranging from Joan Rivers to Leeza Gibbons and Olympians. Olivia Newton-John
fellowship helps learn network people realize
To look around and realize that other people are grieving, it helps them cope. They learn how to network and fellowship with each other, and that helps them heal. Jennifer Garraway
fellow kept prizes
Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten. Patricia Highsmith
fellow reason simple standing talk
Most of the fellow Sudanese, they don't want to talk about it. I am standing here for the simple reason (that) I need a solution.
fellow local message neighbors safety
When the boating safety message comes from your neighbors, fellow boaters or well-respected local organizations, it has much more credibility,
fellow help opportunity
We jumped at the opportunity to do something to help a fellow officer. J. J. Johnson
fellow supportive
You'll find that fellow gym go-ers are super supportive and friendly. It must be all those endorphins going around! Jenna Ushkowitz
great men shared single
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. Yousuf Karsh
greater hard music
It's hard for me to say that what I'm doing isn't even really music, because deep inside of me, what I want to do is much greater than music. Todd Rundgren
great
I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%. Idina Menzel
great jewish knew
I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
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I was friends with Russians who said I should see Russia. I went there in '93 and it was so exciting, and I went to Siberia and had a great time. Ian Frazier
great liberal school tradition
Bolton School has a great tradition in the liberal arts.
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In antiquity, there were three regions in southern Europe: Greece, Rome, and Ilyria. Albanian is the only survivor of the Ilyrian languages. That is why it has always intrigued the great linguists of the past.
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I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fame. I'd just as soon no one knew who I was. I want to play football because it's football. Gaines Adams
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There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were my thing. Gad Elmaleh
majority music
For me, the majority of my music is really dark and to the point. Bridget Kelly
majority movement represents
The anti-war movement now represents a majority in the country. Tony Benn
majority moral seattle
I think Seattle is going to become a laughingstock. ... We are going to look like the Moral Majority up here,
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We are running train services on all lines. The vast majority of our stations are all open.
majority world
The majority of world stock markets are now owned by the Arabs. Alex Jones
majority opposed point
I would say the majority of those are opposed at this point in time,
majority speak speaks
He doesn't speak for me with that kind of rhetoric, and I don't think he speaks for the majority of Democrats, ... This Week. Joe Biden
majority please
You can't please everybody all the time, but you can please a majority. Chick Hearn
majority notebooks robert time
Was there ever a time when the majority was right? Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A Robert A. Heinlein
silent-films play actors
I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film. Catherine Deneuve
silent responsible
Those who remain silent are responsible. Edith Stein
silent-films today language
With today's movies, if we took out all the bad language, we'd go back to silent films. Bob Hope
silent questioning teach
Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything. Benjamin Disraeli
silent diplomacy
I observe and remain silent. Elizabeth I
silent partners enterprise
God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises. Abraham Lincoln
silent silent-treatment treatment
Ooh, the silent treatment. Ally Carter
silent holy passive
We cannot be passive and silent towards those who reject God's Word and our holy faith. Abraham Kuyper
silent mediocre speakers
To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good. Alexis de Tocqueville