Rachel Riley Quotes
Some of the words that pop up on the show have had terrible connotations. But that's the beauty of 'Countdown.'
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Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you can't fake. I'm not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense.
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Mining is a dangerous profession. There's no way to make a mine completely safe: These are the words owners have always used to excuse needless deaths and the words miners use to prepare for them.
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What people love about Santorum is he is who is he. He speaks his words. He loves God. He loves his country, and he loves gays.
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The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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I love my beauty. It's not my fault.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.
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Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
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It's a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don't like is predictable.
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I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.
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I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?
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People get really scared when women reclaim words, talk about themselves honestly and also make jokes because it's a really unstoppable combination.
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Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ.
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Growing up, I was obsessed with Disney movies like 'The Little Mermaid,' 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty And The Beast.' I was always singing the songs from these movies, so to find myself in the studio with Alan Menken was an amazing experience. In fact, it was a dream come true.
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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
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Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.
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I have learned that acting is not about beauty.
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A football match should be decided by an action of play. Not some contrived process whose end result is to mark a fine player such as Bossis, Baresi or Baggio for the rest of his career.
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Only you know your circumstances, your energy level, the needs of your children, and the emotional demands of your other obligations. Be wise during intensive seasons of your life. Cherish your agency, and don’t give it away casually. Don’t compare yourself to others — nearly always this will make you despondent. Don’t accept somebody else’s interpretation of how you should be spending your time. Make the best decision you can and then evaluate it to see how it works.
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A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit.
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I got to try things that I might've been uncomfortable doing if I had been in a larger setting with a studio and producers looking at me.
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I'd rather have people hate me with the knowledge that I tried to save them.
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Some of the words that pop up on the show have had terrible connotations. But that's the beauty of 'Countdown.'
