George Vecsey Quotes

Some anthems are great for sports. You've got the Russian national anthem... 'O Canada,' how wonderful is that for hockey... but I chose the Italian national song because at my first World Cup, I saw the Italians play four times, and they won all four times - they won the championship.

George Vecsey

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Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

John F. Kennedy

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Although I've lived in England for more than twenty years, I still have a foreigner's passion for all the details of English history and rural life.

Meg Rosoff

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This country cannot tolerate the fact that someone worked with Russia to undermine our democracy.

Maxine Waters

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I think sometimes you just need to play in this league. As a rookie coming out of college, you don't understand the real significance of being a pro unless you're playing other pros. It doesn't help you to play sporadically here or there.

Michael Cooper

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When I was young, we always went to our posh cousins at Christmas. My dad made sure we had new shoes and clean clothes - he was really proud - and that's why I felt different from everyone living around me. We had the first television on the estate, the first fridge.

John Rocha

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I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.

Judge Mills Lane

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The movie style of fighting is completely exaggerated with over-the-top movements. You'd get completely hammered if you fought like that in a real fight situation.

Jason Statham

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The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

Desiderius Erasmus

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I always want my options to be open.

Clive Owen

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My accent depends on whom I'm around.

Claire Forlani

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I get into the office about 7 A.M., then I usually get out of the office a little after 7 P.M. I get home, I have dinner, then I spend a couple hours with my girls. I'm in bed about 9 P.M. That's the program!

Brad D. Smith

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What I've learned is that it's okay to take from heroes, such as Debussy, but it has to be filtered through my own personality so that ultimately it's me.

William Kraft

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