Ralph Steadman Quotes
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Islam means peace.
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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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If I don't get healthy food, my staff cooks for me.
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I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.
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People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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It's been tough for me being away from the game.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable.
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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My earnestness at the injustices I witnessed when I was writing 'Random Family' may have been my gravest reportorial offense during the early years of reporting. When I discuss the book with students, they often ask me how I could 'stand by' in the face of so much suffering; the egregiousness wasn't my powerlessness but my surprise.
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A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships.
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I was in just the right generation to have taken feminism seriously by osmosis - also the generation when the breakdown of the family really began and for whom The Smiths were something new and essential.
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I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
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The church is not the way to heaven; the church is the sign that points to heaven.
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' Don't write, Ralph. You'll bring shame on your family. ' - Hunter S. Thompson -
