Iain Dowie Quotes
I thought a bit of poetry might be interesting - I even write a few lines myself. I composed a short poem for my mum's 70th birthday recently. When I recited it I saw the glint of a tear in her eye...although I guess it wasn't the quality of the poetry was that making her cry!
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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I have worked really hard on my game, but I think my mother has been a real pillar of strength. She has prayed a lot, sacrificed a lot for me. You know, she hasn't seen me bat so far. When I am batting, she is praying... mothers are like that, aren't they?
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My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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America is huge.
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Creativity is the key for any child with dyslexia - or for anyone, for that matter. Then you can think outside of the box. Teach them anything is attainable. Let them run with what you see is whatever they need to run with.
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A great byproduct of a TV show, movie, or play is when it can act as a catalyst for someone.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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Best Buy is just too Western! They do not stock enough Chinese brands, and Chinese people do not want to buy foreign brands.
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My dream role would be to act with Denzel again!
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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I am a country boy at heart.
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I just like doing comedies, and think that my timing and love for the genre set me apart from other young women who look like me.
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A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy.
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I rarely, if ever, had another book in mind while I was writing the previous book. Each book starts from ashes, really.
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I thought a bit of poetry might be interesting - I even write a few lines myself. I composed a short poem for my mum's 70th birthday recently. When I recited it I saw the glint of a tear in her eye...although I guess it wasn't the quality of the poetry was that making her cry!
