Alan Shearer Quotes

I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.

Alan Shearer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 13, 1970

Topics

PeoplePressureYouSituationNever

As a Midlander and a big walker, I'd always loved ridge and furrow fields, the plough-marked land as it was when it was enclosed. It is the landscape giving you a story of lives that ended with the arrival of sheep.

Jim Crace

StoryLovedGivingLandscapeSheep

I have blocks of wood all over my house; I spend all of my day knocking!

Melissa McCarthy

DayHouseWoodOverBlocksSpend

I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've always fought against it.

Michael Gambon

HateImpossibleYouKnowDoneActor

Since losing my legs, I've found out that I am able to help other people by sharing how I've overcome my obstacles.

Amy Purdy

I AmLosingPeopleObstaclesHelp

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

Sophocles

TimeJusticeHarmEvenBrings

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Rosalind Russell

SuccessFailureFuneralSuccess Is

I'm in a position where I'm being continually knocked back for the kind of independent films I want to be in because people don't know who I am.

Rufus Sewell

I AmPeopleBackKnowWantKind

The beauty of a Stradivarius is that you can play in Carnegie Hall without any amplification, and it has this - the sound has, inside it, has something that projects, and it has multifaceted sound, something that kind of gets lost when you use amplification anyway.

Joshua Bell

BeautyYouPlayLostKindSound

It's true I didn't get a fair trial, but the problem is people don't understand the details. It is important to understand the details of the trial and why I'm not guilty under the charges that were brought against me.

Chen Shui-bian

PeopleMeDetailsProblemGuilty

I love the Internet. I love my mobile devices. I love the fact that they mean that whoever chooses to will be able to watch this talk far beyond this auditorium.

Chrystia Freeland

LoveInternetWillBeyondTalkMean

Is it spoken word? Kinda, but that's a weird area. Is it comedy? Well, it's funny but no, it's not comedy.

Bruce McCulloch

FunnyWeirdComedyWellWordSpoken

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.

Ansel Adams

GoodPracticeMindMeEyeChance

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