Ian Chappell Quotes
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My mother passed when I was in the third grade, my father when I was in the seventh, and that's when I was shipped to Los Angeles to live with an aunt.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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The last album, 'Falling Faster Than You Can Run.' I was really proud of, but then I didn't actually know whether it was going to come out on any label at all. So I didn't know if anyone was going to hear it. Then of course we ended up doing another EP after that called 'Closer.'
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has to clean. She's addicted to cleaning.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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Living through the heat in Louisiana was awful.
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I'm not afraid of change, let's put it that way.
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I know what it's like to have an inflated libido.
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I waited and worked, and watched the inferior exalted for nearly thirty years; and when recognition came at last, it was too late to alter events, or to make a difference in living.
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My marriages have been one of the greatest voids in my life.
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I am a 10th class pass in Hindi. From 7th grade to 12th grade, I was in Delhi; before that, I was abroad. I came in not knowing a word of Hindi in 7th grade and learned Hindi and passed the exam in 10th. I think I was north of 50 percent, so I feel very proud of that accomplishment.
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I think there's something to the millennial sentiment of being, like, 'I'm great.' But I think there's also something really amazing and powerful about being, like, 'Oh, hey, I'm awesome.' It's a fine line. But I think it's possible to be both, to not be the most annoying person in the world, to still be very intriguing and fun to watch.
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Life is like the ocean. You can either be the ball floating on the waves, or make your own waves.
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India riding on MS Dhoni wave, Dhoni is a different man in World Cups
