I'm not really a betting person. I work too hard for my money to give it away.
Boo Weekley
Recitation: by Male by Female
In a sense, Bond ousted the cowboy as the screen hero, and Ken Adams replaced the horse with technology.
Melvyn Bragg
TechnologyHeroBondHorseCowboy
A hidden nerve is what every writer is ultimately about. It's what all writers wish to uncover when writing about themselves in this age of the personal memoir. And yet it's also the first thing every writer learns to sidestep, to disguise, as though this nerve were a deep and shameful secret that needs to be swathed in many sheaths.
Andre Aciman
AgeWritingDeepWishPersonal
I've been fired five times for having a bad attitude.
Meg Rosoff
AttitudeBadFiredBeenBad Attitude
I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price.
John le Carre
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You know, I started this process of being a football player and I'm going to make it to the NFL very soon and I plan on finishing that. And by 'finishing that,' I mean that I'm going to go out and be the best that I can be and put everything forth to make that happen.
Robert Griffin III
BestFootballProcessPlanYouKnow
Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
Matthew McConaughey
BeautifulPlacesAfricaBeenMost
I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival.
Angela Davis
LearningTimeCitySurvivalEarly
I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for that to be your motive!' Whereas things like blackmail, jealousy - they're rational reasons for committing murder.
Sophie Hannah
JealousyPeopleThinkYouWantWow
My parents had a long and eventful marriage and were always a bit like movie stars to me when they were young.
Monique Roffey
MarriageStarsParentsMeLongLike
I started my career wanting to make a 'James Bond' movie, and I couldn't get hired! I made 'The Bourne Identity,' and ultimately the impact of that film was that it changed the 'James Bond' franchise.
Doug Liman
IdentityBondImpactCareerStarted
I'm always working on new projects.
Daya
NewAlwaysWorkingProjects
I'm committed to the fight game.
Conor McGregor
FightGameCommitted
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