Arthur Lewis Quotes

When I was seven, I had to stay home for several weeks because of some ailment, whereupon my father elected to teach me so that I should not fall behind. In fact, he taught me in three months as much as the school taught in two years, so, on returning to school, I was shifted from grade 4 to grade 6.

Arthur Lewis

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FatherHomeSchoolMeFallThree

A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

Jet Li

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I find being a mother is a huge advantage. Of course, I'm probably a little more tired than I might be if I didn't have children, but I think they provide me the balance that I need to keep my mind off of lifting.

Melanie Roach

MotherChildrenBalanceTiredMind

Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.

John Ruskin

BeautifulTrueNothingWhich

Novels describe what it means to be alive at a given moment.

Amitava Kumar

MomentAliveMeansDescribeGiven

In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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That is always really fun when you get to work with a director you understand and uses references you can identify with.

Travis Beacham

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My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.

Rosa Parks

WorkHomeDayHardGetOnly

Most interviewers basically just want us to rephrase the bio. You already know us - why do you need to interview us?

Mike D

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I really, really love new work, and that's why, you know, I produced a concert series supporting new musicals and stuff like that. I hope to do more things like that.

Josh Young

WorkLoveHopeYouNewKnow

Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future.

Dick Morris

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On a hanger, no dress is sexy. It's just fabric on a hanger.

Donatella Versace

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Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

Pierre Corneille

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