Simon Hoggart Quotes

During my own gap year, I learned an invaluable lesson - that I was a lousy teacher. Even though the children I 'taught,' in upcountry Uganda, were desperate for qualifications, they largely ignored me. Until, that is, I realised that they wanted to hear about other young persons around the world.

Simon Hoggart

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ChildrenTeacherMeWorldYearOwn

If I can do a romantic comedy with women, that's Everest to me.

Joe Carnahan

WomenRomanticMeComedyI Can

I've been enjoying playing with fashion - gold grills and diamond grills have just become a part of that.

Jill Scott

GoldFashionBecomePlayingDiamond

I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either.

Jeremy Lin

MeNextEveryonePlayingStarted

You can't learn everything you need to know legally.

John Irving

LegalLearnYouKnowNeedLegally

I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure.

Steven Chu

AdventureIntellectualRatherThan

We were never thrown into the situation in the middle of our lives, but grew up doing it. This is all we know, and some people who were thrown into it don't really know what to do or how to react and this is just kind of natural for us.

Mary-Kate Olsen

PeopleDoingSituationKnowKindUp

I clearly say yes to Big Data, yes to greater security and convenience, but no to paternalism and Big Brother.'

Martin Winterkorn

BrotherDataSecuritySayClearly

It is impossible to watch a 'Friends' episode too many times. Phoebe is my favourite character. I used to play her songs on the guitar when I was a teenager. 'Smelly Cat' is very easy. It's only about three chords.

Michelle Dockery

CharacterImpossibleGuitarFriends

No one I knew in Sydney was thinking about how they might come to America and become a movie star. That would be considered delusions of grandeur. My parents were supportive, though. They just told me to keep at it as long as I was having fun.

Luke Bracey

FunParentsMeHaving FunThinking

You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval.

Dawn Steel

LifePeopleFreeYouApprovalUntil

Many of us get our news from social networks, blogs, and daily aggregators.

Chris Hughes

DailyNewsSocialUsGetOur

I'm a lot more serious on the court. I'm probably a lot more intense than some of these guys thought I would be. Off the court, I'm a totally different dude. But my passion's to win, and I'm a perfectionist out there.

Chauncey Billups

PassionWinThoughtSeriousMore

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