Sir Isaac Brock KB Quotes
Even when I was a kid, I always showed up late for school every day. It got to the point where they had my late slips filled for every day of the school year in advance, so all they had to do was fill in what time I got there.
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
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As a mom, you do what you have to do without even thinking about it.
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But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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We think of the revolution ending in Yorktown, Va. The fact of the matter is that the French defeated the British in a naval battle right in the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Because the British fleet was coming to rescue Cornwallis, the British general, Washington was able to surround Cornwallis.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
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Everybody has that: everybody knows what it's like to go home and then regress and not be running from something, not like who you were when you were home. I think everybody relates to that.
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At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right.
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
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The best part of getting to do what you like is just doing it. That doesn't have to do with being famous or even successful or even powerful. I see people in life who are just doing a job and seem to be having a good time. And that's the trick.
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Even when I was a kid, I always showed up late for school every day. It got to the point where they had my late slips filled for every day of the school year in advance, so all they had to do was fill in what time I got there.
