Lydia Leonard Quotes

When I was a child, I wanted to be a jockey. I love horses, but it's not practical to have one in London. I also wanted to be an accountant, which isn't glamorous at all, but my dad was one, and I quite liked maths.

Lydia Leonard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 5, 1981

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My family's support and the negative environment of the day toward blacks in South Carolina became the forces that led me out of the South - first to New York, then to Philadelphia, where I found opportunity in the form of a PAL gym and my trainer, Yank Durham.

Joe Frazier

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I don't particularly dislike any kind of person that might be reading my stuff. They like it and that's cool, but I don't do the work for any kind of group in particular, except for hobos, who just plain kick ass and light up my life.

Jhonen Vasquez

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In 1987, I had my first opportunity to provide 'advice and consent' on a Supreme Court nominee. At that time, I stated that the qualifications essential for evaluating a nominee for the bench included 'integrity, character, legal competence and ability, experience, and philosophy and judicial temperament.' On that test, Elena Kagan fails.

John McCain

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It's the quality of your relationships that matters.

Robert J. Waldinger

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If you click on MTV, it's the same 10 bands and the same 10 songs, and it gets so old. Kids are looking for something besides what they get on the radio.

Jeffree Star

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I thought incorporating Columbus and Platte County into the 1st District was a good idea.

Jeff Fortenberry

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I'm impossible to direct. I couldn't get myself to do anything.

Tony Shalhoub

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There's nothing - there's nothing - as action-packed as 'Hawaii Five-O.'

Michelle Borth

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I'd grown up in a production company, but discovering the importance of the work, I realized I had something to bring here.

Dinah Manoff

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He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the edge than our own particular age.

Derek Jacobi

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Most non-New Yorkers, finding themselves within hearing range of strangers' conversation, think it's nice to pretend they didn't hear. But many New Yorkers think it's nice to toss in a relevant comment.

Deborah Tannen

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I think what I do for a living is a privilege, so at the very least, I'd like to think it can be a good time.

Dede Gardner

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