Kenyon Martin Quotes
If you're a kid, it's all you think about if you stutter. Kids can be so mean. My grades suffered. Class participation weighs heavy in grading, and I wouldn't open my mouth to read or talk in front of anyone.
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Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology - it's not only a great tool for democratization, but it's a great tool for eliminating prejudice and advancing meritocracies.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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It's the way you ride the trail that counts.
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Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.
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Yoga carves you into a different person - and that is satisfying physically.
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I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.
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When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke.
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Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe.
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I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds.
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I've just never been a tracksuit-wearer.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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My giving story started with my parents - my late mother, Frances Arrillaga, who dedicated her life to philanthropic and community service, and my father, John Arrillaga, whose daily generosity of heart, mind, and hands-on contributions make him one of the most extraordinary philanthropists I know.
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Before the discovery of quantum mechanics, the framework of physics was this: If you tell me how things are now, I can then use the laws of physics to calculate, and hence predict, how things will be later.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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People don't become writers because they love having spontaneous, real-world interactions with living people as bodies with clothes in time.
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We see China becoming an unstoppable force. It's a huge threat and a huge opportunity.
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We can choose to humble ourselves by receiving counsel and chastisement, . . . by forgiving those who have offended us, . . . by rendering selfless service. . . .
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If you're a kid, it's all you think about if you stutter. Kids can be so mean. My grades suffered. Class participation weighs heavy in grading, and I wouldn't open my mouth to read or talk in front of anyone.
