Darcey Bussell Quotes
I wore myself out physically and mentally over my career, and I couldn't be there for my daughters in ways I should have been.
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Every person that's in the NBA should experience playing in New York at least once in their career.
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I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.
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I thought that I'd have a briefcase-and-power-suit career.
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My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.
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I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
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I would love to coach. I'm not saying I'm qualified to do it in the N.B.A., but I would love to try.
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The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.
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There have been periods of my career that I haven't worked for a really long time, like seven or eight months.
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I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories.
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I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will immediately be lobbying. They would be advocating to the Congress, they'll be lobbying our allies and our adversaries overseas. They'll be asking the business community and labor unions.
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I'm a stand-up comic. I'm always doing dates; it's just that, if I'm working on a project or I'm busy, I can't get out on the road or book any shows. Since the beginning of my career, I'm usually out for at least 10-15 dates throughout the year. If I have time, then I try to get at least 30-40 dates.
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I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight.
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My whole career - I have been really lucky.
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I could have easily never worked again after 'Precious.' I could be back at my receptionist job and no one would be surprised, but I'm having a very crazy little career that no one thought would happen. Although that was never the plan.
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Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.
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Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.
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I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York.
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I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.
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I believe that Orthodoxy has been thinking lately, and despite other impressions, that we can't have full sacramental communion if we don't first have a fundamental agreement on the question of the primacy, that still isn't there.
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I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.
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Corporate welfare isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.
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There is less difference than you would imagine entertaining little children and entertaining adults.
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I wore myself out physically and mentally over my career, and I couldn't be there for my daughters in ways I should have been.
