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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To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
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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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I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.
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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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If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a song called 'I Am A Singer', but I rewrote the words for Frank. I was in tears and, when he got up, so was he.
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I plan my golf outfits for the tournaments, I recycle some for the practice rounds, but I always have new ideas for my golf attire, and I like to dress nice after the rounds, so I have to bring all my heels. It's terrible. The worst part about being on tour is living out of a suitcase.
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Fantasy and science fiction are where my brain lives.
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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.
