Derek Drouin Quotes

Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my career. It's definitely a barrier for high jumpers.

Derek Drouin

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I'd like to see an arrested growth of development. You can't stop it, but it's important we do something about the developers having the upper hand.

John Murray

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Substandard housing was a blow to your psychological health, not only because things like dampness, mold, and overcrowding could bring about depression but also because of what living in awful conditions told you about yourself.

Matthew Desmond

HealthDepressionYourselfYouBring

The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.

Aneurin Bevan

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The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.

Michael J. Fox

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Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her.

Michael Jackson

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If I'm on the pitch, I want to just try to give my best performance every game.

Son Heung-min

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As an actor, you should always keep your trump card hidden from your audience. I want the audience to keep expecting more and more from me. I want to do 'different' work - good and memorable roles - so that audience appreciate me more. That's why I love to surprise my audience with something they never expect me to do.

Rithvik Dhanjani

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I wrote 'The Match,' my cricket novel, between 2002 and 2005. In retrospect, almost an age of innocence in cricket and a time when it was rare to find the game deep in fiction.

Romesh Gunesekera

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I give people my heart and my full attention.

Michael Rosenbaum

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Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.

Chris Hemsworth

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Ayurveda is a sister philosophy to yoga. It is the science of life or longevity and it teaches about the power and the cycles of nature, as well as the elements.

Christy Turlington

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I love my fans in Philadelphia, but this is the hardest place in the world to play in. And I think it's the hardest place to play in to be a superstar. Just to be the No. 1 guy. All eyes on you - because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves.

Allen Iverson

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