H. Rider Haggard Quotes
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
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I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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Making music is fantastic.
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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.
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I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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'Those who created yesterday’s pain cannot control tomorrow’s potential.'
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The Katrina matter was terrible.
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High school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list. Make it collaborative: The students will feel ownership, and everyone will dig in.
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I'm actually the daytime host of the Olympics on NBC.
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I want to provide jobs for people.
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We white people think that we know everything.
