The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.
Julia Leigh
Recitation: by Male by Female
Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken.
Jehane Noujaim
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I do have at home the most ridiculous number of awards for what I have done, which is nice in terms of being patted on the back, yet it does cure you of caring about what other people say about you. Ultimately, you must have your own standard of what is good enough.
John Lloyd
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I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.
Jeff Tweedy
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Muriel, my mother, was my main confidant. She was a teacher of English at Watford grammar school but took a break while my sister Madeleine and I were children. She held court in the kitchen, and we talked about everything.
John Sulston
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To my mind, the education of children - girl children, specifically - is what really creates an enlightened society. It creates a liberal society.
Anand Mahindra
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I've always known when I start a story what the last line is. It's always been the case, since the first story I ever wrote. I don't know how it's going to get there, but I seem to need the destination. I need to know where I end up. It never changes, ever.
Amy Hempel
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When deciding what shows to attend, I always choose collections that I can see myself wearing and that go with my own personal style.
Sofia Richie
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I'm incredibly grateful to be playing the villain in a world which, if I really thought to hard about what I was doing, I would get very nervous about the size and the magnitude of the importance and responsibility of being a villain in the world of 'Batman.'
Tom Hardy
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Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe.
Janos Bolyai
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The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country.
Dennis Miller
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I do not want my name to be presented to the public as an Indian, but as a pitcher.
Chief Bender
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The two hours onstage is great. But I can only play a show and then take a night off. I have to sing for two hours, and then I've gotta rest it for a night. So it's the other 46 hours that are just boring as heck.
Bob Seger
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