John Motson (John Walker Motson) Quotes
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I came from the bottom. Now I'm the main event and UFC champion.
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Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years.
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Not everything has to be a couples' event.
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If there's a major foreign policy event, the President gets on TV, the Congress doesn't.
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International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.
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For musicians, Musikfest is the most cool event.
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Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator – he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.
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Daddy was hilarious. He could take the most mundane event and tell it so that we all on the floor laughing. He trained me in the joys of humor.
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For nighttime or for an event, I'm all about the nice heel. Something that's still walkable but definitely very elegant.
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We have the best sporting event in the world in polo, and yet it is weak.
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I did a book event with a former colleague, Bob Bauer, and was so relieved that he said I got all the CIA stuff right.
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Nobody is offered a World Cup.
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I just need to concentrate on each event and accumulate a good score, and hopefully I won't flop in the 800 m. in Gotzis.
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We’re from Germany but we grew up with English and American music which was such a strong inspiration for the young band. Very early on, in the Seventies, we went to England and France, to Japan and America, we toured and then became an international band. I think our music was never German, it’s always had this Anglo-American influence – we never tried to be a German band! We are Germans, yes, but not in our music. When we grew up, there was schlager music, this pop music kind of thing.
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I've been really impressed with the way he has come back from the Under 21 World Cup and taken his form into club rugby.
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In accordance with international law, those who give such orders should be held responsible, including in a criminal way, ... The international tribunal on the former Yugoslavia should immediately look into this.
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Sept. 11 was the most photographed event in the world. The media has shown it over and over again. Over time, artists have digested it. I think it's very important to see filmmakers' point of view. Why not now?
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Three months later, on September 5, 2001, at a pro-am event preceding the Canadian Open at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, I was invited to play a round with Tiger Woods. Nothing in the game of politics had ever been as nerve-racking as that game of golf.
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Because I knew I had got success at Ranji level, I was confident I would get some success in international cricket too.
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And for a lot of people, they want it all to be fuzzy and warm and cosmic, but it's no different with a horse than with a kid...You can't always be the kid's best friend. First you have to be the parent.
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First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty.
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Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open.
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The World Cup is a truly international event.
