Ian Botham Quotes
All people seem to want to talk about is the current Ashes series, and whether England are going to reverse the trend of recent series.
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.
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I hope people don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not.
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I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut.
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I guess if you have an original take on life, or something about you is original, you don't have to study people who came before you. You don't have to mimic anybody. You just have a gut feeling inside, an instinct that tells you what's right for you, and you can't do it in any other way.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors.
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Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own.
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If you stop and think about who was in the 'Lassie' movies, it's difficult to think who was in them, apart from Elizabeth Taylor. You remember the dog, not the people! So if you're going to be in a movie, and it's called 'Gremlins', it's going to be about Gremlins, and what people are going to remember are the Gremlins.
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People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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Capitalism has socialized production. It has brought thousands of people together in the factory and involved them in new social relationships.
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I just genuinely feel that that's what you do when you're an artist: You stick up for the people around you.
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To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled.
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I'm not in the business of holding people's hands after I've expressed to them my needs numerous times.
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It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.
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And it's interesting, but I'm always interested in the story behind the story.
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I'm an Obama supporter. And if you're an Obama supporter, that means you had a hard time during the Bush years.
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He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out.
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All people seem to want to talk about is the current Ashes series, and whether England are going to reverse the trend of recent series.
