Daley Thompson Quotes

Kids have been let down by adults - we've tried to give them too much, we've tried not to impose discipline. We've tried to make their lives easier and, in doing so, we've taken something away from them. Kids like boundaries, they also like to be pushed, need to learn what failure is all about, need guidance.

Daley Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 30, 1958

Topics

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Mom would talk about Eric Sevareid and Murrow and Howard K. Smith the way other parents talk about sports figures.

John Dickerson

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I quite like the idea of family. That's probably the greatest achievement in the world. I've got a lot to achieve workwise - I'd love to direct - but family would be good.

Matt Smith

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No company has embraced the liberating aspects of the Internet as a 'new marketplace of ideas' more than the search giant Google.

Steven Levy

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I love going to movies. It's just big, it takes you away, you can escape into it.

Tom Welling

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Mick has expressed an interest in coming to the gallery tonight because he's seen me behaving myself lately. He is being much more supportive, which is nice.

Ronnie Wood

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I am not going to be dictated to by fans, certainly. I am dictated enough to by my record company to last me a million years.

Marvin Gaye

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Usually I don't comment on comments of others.

Jose Manuel Barroso

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I need to think about 'Make sure you drink your water.' That's the kind of person I am.

Jon Crosby

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For the longest time, you couldn't even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world.

Jon Scieszka

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I think if you can affect somebody's life with one song, that's such a powerful tool to reach millions of people on so many different levels.

Chord Overstreet

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While visiting Costa Rica, I was inspired to hear that someone had donated a playground to a local school. So when I returned to L.A., one day I just called the principal of a nearby elementary school and asked what I could do. Five years later, I've helped make over nine schools, repainting, renovating, and fixing up playgrounds.

Cheryl Hines

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Nobody should live in an environment that's not healthy.

Brett Hull

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