Yaya Toure Quotes

I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots were very expensive, and when there are seven in your family, and you say you want to buy a pair, your father wants to kill you.

Yaya Toure

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
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  • Birth: May 13, 1983

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I've never liked the publishing world's determination to pigeonhole every writer into a genre.

Joe R. Lansdale

DeterminationWorldNeverPublishing

When I first moved out to Los Angeles I was thinking, you know, I wanted to be an actor but I didn't really know what acting was about. I thought if I could be a model, or even do commercials and stuff like that for the rest of my life, I'd be happy.

Michael Biehn

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Second issue is the rapidly accelerating increase in the number of vulnerabilities that get discovered every day. And, equally importantly, is the shortening of time between the discovery of the vulnerability and the release of an exploit.

John W. Thompson

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The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the revolution, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

Michael Moore

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I made 'Enemy' to prep myself for 'Prisoners.' I had the need to direct something smaller in English before going to Hollywood. That's the way I sold it to Warner because they asked me if I was berserk to make a movie right before.

Denis Villeneuve

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I never want to bore the public.

Chrissie Hynde

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A life of very, very serious, po-faced films would drive me nuts. I need - and I'm fortunate to have - a fairly varied menu in that respect. I mean, I was shooting 'Mamma Mia!' at the same time as I was doing Michael Winterbottom's 'Genova'. That was a very, very bizarre summer.

Colin Firth

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I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock.

Brett Favre

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I watch the TV or learn scripts while on the elliptical - need to get back on it!

Bryan Batt

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What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

William James

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At 22 years old, I tattooed 'family' on my wrist to not lose sight of my true goal.

Scooter Braun

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I feel like I think like a woman because I grew up with my mother and my sister, so I've just been programmed to think like a girl.

Ryan Gosling

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