Alek Wek Quotes

I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me some years to get over that.

Alek Wek

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The brutalities of a fight with bare hands, the crushed nasal bones, maimed lips, and other disfigurements, which call for the utter abolition of boxing in the interests of humanity, at once disappear when the contestants cover their hands with large, soft-leather gloves.

John Boyle O'Reilly

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We are the only animal that tells stories.

John Landgraf

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Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum physics believe in the reality of a quantum world, and the reality of quantum entities like protons and electrons.

John Polkinghorne

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Colorado's right next to Utah - you know, Mormon Central.

Trey Parker

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I could only imagine myself being successful.

Trudie Styler

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I've been sober for two-and-a-half years, My children are happy. In August, my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.

Trey Anastasio

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If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

Rudyard Kipling

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I speak for all Italian industry that India is number one priority for us.

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

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Always remember those things that tend to strengthen and improve your understanding. You cannot learn without attention, neither retain those lessons that you have once learnt without frequently reflecting upon and reviewing them in your mind; by this means, things long past will remain impressed upon your memory.

Dorothea Dix

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Standup is really the only thing in the entertainment business that you do totally alone.

Brad Garrett

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As long as you have discipline, you can be a success. Discipline is what makes you do everything you need to do.

Anthony Joshua

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I was never really comfortable doing comedy. Though it was good the first couple of years, there were problems, and it became a stifling experience. I was happy it ended.

Ricky Schroder

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