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asked constitution giggle illegal lobby mandela mentioned might nelson warned
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
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
knows none rely technology
We all rely on technology to communicate, to survive, to do our banking, to shop, to get informed, but none of us knows how to read and write the code. will.i.am
knows lives people savior work
The Savior knows people by name, He knows their circumstances, and He directs us in our work to bless the lives of individuals. David A. Bednar
knows narrator people pick pretend
When you pick up a book, everyone knows it's imaginary. You don't have to pretend it's not a book. We don't have to pretend that people don't write books. That omniscient third-person narration isn't the only way to do it. Once you're writing in the first person, then the narrator is a writer. Paul Auster
knows
It's not what you know anymore that counts, it's how fast you learn Robert Kiyosaki
knows
It is better to will the good than to know the truth, Petrarch
knows push react
Most important, he knows me and how I react to situations. He knows when to push me and when not to push. Alexandre Despatie
knows
Who knows where that inning would have gone? Joe Torre
knows nobody unfold
Who knows what's going to unfold when we get home? Nobody knows. All we know is this: Now we have a chance. Reggie Sanders
knows life secret
who knows what life is, for life is a secret Alan Paton
mandela mentor nelson south time
Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president. Gail Kelly
man option
When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
man natural primal
The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget. William Osler
man rich
If no man could become rich in Peru, no man could become poor. William Prescott
man
Without knowing this, no man can dress a horse perfectly. William Cavendish
man
Lord, deliver me from the man who never makes a mistake, and also from the man who makes the same mistake twice.
man
A specialist is a man who knows more and more about less and less.
manifest ways
The devastating repercussions of hate-filled language manifest in very real ways for today's LGBTQ youth. Cheyenne Jackson
man
Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
though time
I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet.
though
I've never felt as though I didn't belong, I just acted as though I did. Boy George
thoughtful civilization keys
Accommodation to change, the thoughtful pursuit of alternative futures are keys to the survival of civilization and perhaps of the human species. Carl Sagan
though
I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani. Malala Yousafzai
though
The size of my head though is pretty abnormal. Philip Seymour Hoffman
though
You know, I haven't even though about it. I have not even thought about it.
though
I accept, though it is with hindsight, that this is so, Margaret Beckett
though weigh
He doesn't weigh but 96 pounds. Even though he went 4-4 he didn't give up in any match.
thoughtful long battle
Whether you like the label 'Anthropocene' or not, whether you find the prospect of what it signifies inevitable or appalling (or both), the time has come to address its implications, as these thoughtful, battle-tested authors attempt to do. The time has long since come. David Quammen
thousands
For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they're lies, you're free.
thousand yards
I would give up one thousand yards to get a win. Derrick Brooks
thousands wrestling
He's doing a lot more wrestling now. But sometimes it comes back because he's drilled in thousands and thousands of times.
thousand conscience
Conscience is a thousand swords. William Shakespeare
thousand
To-morrow? - Why, To-morrow I may be / Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years. Edward Fitzgerald
thousand
A word is worth a thousand pictures. Elie Wiesel
thousands
thousands of people, who want to voluntarily evacuate at this time.
thousands
There are tens of thousands in there who are probably going hungry,
thousand
A word is worth a thousand images. Andreas Gursky