Geoffrey Boycott Quotes
I was not a political animal; I could not toady up to the committee men, pour drinks down their necks at the bar, and make them feel important. I was too focused on the cricket.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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Americans are not saving enough for retirement.
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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
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I'm not graceful.
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I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.
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I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.
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I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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Whether you're a man or a woman, life can be very, very difficult and confusing and desperate, and it's life-enhancing to know that somehow, there is a way through it.
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Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be humored, conscience would permit, rather ungraciously perhaps, the indulgence of a number of carefully selected desires.
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I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house.
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If we want to rediscover the radical message of Jesus and experience a reorientation of our lives, we must become willing to let go of whatever else might be getting in the way—even if that’s a religious tradition named after Jesus—and return to the timeless invitation to simply become a follower of him.
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I was not a political animal; I could not toady up to the committee men, pour drinks down their necks at the bar, and make them feel important. I was too focused on the cricket.
