Alastair Cook Quotes
In international cricket you have to thrive on the big stage, you have to deal with the media and the pressure.
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We don't want to create a literary ghetto in which black writers are only allowed to write black characters and women writers are put on 'girl books.'
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My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra and Barry White.
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But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.
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What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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As long I still have a breath left in me I will dedicate myself fully to China's reform.
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To be let go from a soap opera is the most embarrassing confidence basher in the world. It's like, 'Oh, if I'm not good enough for that, I'm not good enough for anything.'
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No matter where you came from, you can be inspired.
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There is this aura that the three-act play is the important one: it's the one that you do to win the Pulitzer. Some part of you falls for that, and then after a while, you don't fall for that.
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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
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My mum came from nothing and didn't have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that.
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.
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I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.
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Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
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It's interesting having a son. Someone told me that it's good when you have a son first because when you have a daughter first and then a son, you think your son's slow. A lot of parents freak out because they've seen a daughter progress so quickly, and they think their male child is, like, damaged. But boys are just naturally slow.
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You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.
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I have no hang-ups in life. I don't care about groups and camps. I have been brought up with certain values and ethics. I have never been egoistic about my stardom and lineage. I don't have any qualms about breaking the ice with my colleagues. I can walk up to any actor and greet him, irrespective of what kind of equation I share with him.
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I'm actually very good with Home Depot-handy type of paintwork.
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It’s a buzz every time you perform under pressure.
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In international cricket you have to thrive on the big stage, you have to deal with the media and the pressure.
