Chris Borland Quotes

I can't predict the future of football. I don't think it'll go the way of boxing because it's a team sport. It's built into our education systems, the flagship for a lot of universities' fundraising campaigns. So no, I don't think it'll go away.

Chris Borland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 26, 1990

Topics

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I grew up in a council house in a poor Scottish town. I came of age during the recession of the mid-1980s when unemployment in my area reached 40 per cent.

John Niven

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Thank God for Skype!

Andy Serkis

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Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

Sophie B. Hawkins

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I cannot be alone in being pretty nauseated by Red Nose Day, or at least its television manifestation. Do I think that wretchedly poor children in Africa should get food and life-saving drugs? Of course. Do I want to be hectored into contributing by celebrities who earn more in a 10-minute slot than many of these families get in a year? Nope.

Simon Hoggart

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I like to shop for old jazz albums.

Ron Cephas Jones

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God created me to delight people with my goals.

Romario

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We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.

Mignon McLaughlin

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It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.

Deng Xiaoping

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Every time I drive into Rio from the airport, I see the city for the first time and think how strange it is.

Chico Buarque

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I created and opened a student-run coffeehouse in undergrad, and I loved it. I'd want to do that in the West Village.

Conrad Ricamora

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There's no literary merit in my books.

Clive Cussler

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The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.

Boris Becker

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