Muhammad Ali Quotes
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
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In Iran I think nobody loses their job because of making a statement that reflects their opinion. From this point of view, conditions in Iran are far better than in many other places in the world.
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Mundra Port remains committed towards setting up of world-class port infrastructure and facilities in India.
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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I really think that it's disgusting that Paris is the only place where it is illegal for paps to follow you around. It actually took someone losing their life - Diana, an inspirational woman - and then it changed, but they still won't change it in London! It's horrible!
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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I take my work seriously.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.
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It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay.
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
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Throughout my political career, I've believed in the concept of home rule. Some call it local control. Whichever phrase you use, the concept is the same - the best decisions are those made closest to those who will be impacted by the decisions.
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And when the chickens that didn't hatch come home to roost, we will rue the day when, misled by sloppy accounting and rosy scenarios, we gave away the national nest egg.
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At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
