John Skipper Quotes

Sports occupies a central place in our society, and, as such, it is unavoidably cultural in nature and often engaged in societal issues.

John Skipper

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Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices heard. I think that, at oftentimes, the ability to allow the dialogue to recede properly into the world of the film is also a really valid sort of way to be a writer, I think.

Joel Edgerton

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We have to ask the tough questions.

Megyn Kelly

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We look for companies that are unlike anything we've ever seen before, with a bold vision to change the world and run by passionate entrepreneurs who get you jumping out of your seat.

Steve Jurvetson

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Social and economic policies constructed around the male breadwinner model have always disadvantaged women.

Stephanie Coontz

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When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

Ronald Knox

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The social and legal discrimination that relegates hundreds of women to subordinate or marginal economic roles has a huge aggregate cost.

Arancha Gonzalez

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History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead.

Arnold J. Toynbee

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That's the trouble with the suburbs: it's not a city, so you're not anonymous, and it's not a small town, so that people really care about you, but everybody kind of knows each other's business, so you're very judged.

Anne-Marie Duff

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During the downtime on tour, I simply walk from room to room, staring into my computer.

Mark Hoppus

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All human beings are very creative - full of potential, full of energy... So, money kind of allows them to express it... And if you're successful, you can take more money. You can expand your capacity, reach next level of capacity, and so on.

Muhammad Yunus

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You know, people always ask me how I describe my music. First of all I tell them that's their job and then that also one day I hope to have things referred to as Martha Wainwright -esque.

Martha Wainwright

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I saw what politics did to the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and I would defend the right of a sportsman to go and play and perform where they want.

Lynn Davies

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