Alastair Cook Quotes
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
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I actually like football a great deal.
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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The first bit of vinyl I bought was Michael Jackson's 'Bad.'
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam.
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Questions and answers is a big space, and there are lots of possible systems that you can create for different goals.
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My father was a milkman. So, I delivered milk.
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Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.
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Sometimes in the middle of the night, I wake up with a song in my head, and I have to finish it so I can fall back asleep.
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I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.
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Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.
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All change is relative. The universe is expanding relatively to our common material standards; our material standards are shrinking relatively to the size of the universe. The theory of the 'expanding universe' might also be called the theory of the 'shrinking atom'. <...>
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Every body that is moved continues to move so long as the impression of the force of its mover is retained in it, therefore the movement of this wing with violence... will come to move the whole bird with it until the impetus of the moved air has been consumed.
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All workers want is a fair shake.
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'Almost' can be a polite way of saying something definitely. It withholds the obvious and dangles it just long enough.
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The habits of the American consumer are changing; that's a reality.
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I am growing handsome very fast indeed! I expect I shall be the belle of Amherst when I reach my 17th year. I don't doubt that I shall have perfect crowds of admirers at that age. Then how I shall delight to make them await my bidding, and with what delight shall I witness their suspense while I make my final decision.
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Sport is an entertainment, in one sense. But it's also a business.
