But death's acquisitive instincts will win.
Harold Brodkey
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I do strongly believe myself that members of the government who sit in the House of Lords should be accountable to the elected House because otherwise there is a democratic deficit, and that is wrong.
John Bercow
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When my wife was getting a lease for her Jeep Cherokee, and I saw a Dodge Ram Sport, I thought, 'Oh wow, it's amazing.'
Stipe Miocic
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There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers.
Simon Sinek
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Periods of nostalgia are impossible to predict or explain.
Russell Smith
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Honestly, being a 5'11" quarterback, not too many people think that you can play in the National Football League. And so for me, you know, I knew that my height doesn't define my skill set, you know? I believed in my talent. I believed in what God gave me. I believed in the knowledge that I have of the game.
Russell Wilson
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When looking out the window and watching the water becomes a drama, then literally everything is a drama.
Mary Gaitskill
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I've realized that it's important to stop trying to think I'm any one thing. People are confused as to their identity and try to cling to one aspect of that identity to describe what they are: American, Republican, Muslim. These are really incomplete.
Mohsin Hamid
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Michael Jordan
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My cousin Jerry Lucey and five other firefighters died in a warehouse fire in Worcester, Mass. - my hometown - right in the middle of our old neighborhood downtown when a homeless couple started a fire to keep warm and the entire building went up. My cousin died trying to save homeless people who had already left the building.
Denis Leary
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I can't tell you how many times I heard from younger sisters that their older sisters were bossy and judgmental.
Deborah Tannen
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I went through absolute stress and mayhem. I couldn't go out, because people were constantly on my back all the time.
Cher
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As an actor, whether you look good or you don't, it's still about what you look like: Whether you are heavy enough to play this part or thin enough to play that part. The fact of the matter is, you can add a little weight with some extra padding, but you can't shave it off.
Cherry Jones
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