Derek Bok Quotes
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
Zoe Kravitz -
The student will try to defy the master. Always.
Maggie Q -
There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
R. Kelly -
Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
Zig Ziglar -
If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.
L'Wren Scott -
I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
Malcolm X
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I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
Ida B. Wells -
I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.
Iain Banks -
Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.
Idi Amin -
My singing is my hobby. It's me and my brother. We just enjoy writing music.
Taryn Manning Boomkat -
It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics.
Ian Millar
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When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.
Natalie Clifford Barney -
My dad was very much a struggling actor and spent more of his life as a postman, as a member of a tarmac firm, as a van driver.
Kate Winslet -
According to God's word, we haven't done a very good job concerning our little ones, nor our teens.
Vanity -
Common participation in the Eucharist can only be a final outcome of ecumenic dialogue, not the starting point.
Karl Lehmann -
In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.
Barack Obama -
Art, rightly applied, provided humanity with the symbols, insight, and vicarious experience necessary to help one person place him- or herself in the shoes of another, and by so doing come to appreciate the commonality of human experience.
Aberjhani
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Documentaries make a difference.
Paul Watson -
You have to be realistic. I'd love to be more famous, have lots of people supporting me, people knowing my name, but I need a tennis racket or a golf club or to play football. Being a female, I don't stand a chance.
Victoria Pendleton -
I'm afraid of a cappella. I don't read music, and I have a hard time harmonizing. Basically, I'm a melody singer only.
Elizabeth Banks -
It was all about the ring. That's where you got your brains shook and the money took.
Joe Frazier -
I am thrilled at the prospect of being in Dubai after more than two decades.
Ilie Nastase -
The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.
Derek Bok