Tommy Hilfiger (Thomas Jacob Hilfiger) Quotes
Good sportsmanship means treating others with respect. I consider myself a pretty good sport.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!
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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
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I don't go into a fight mad. I go into a fight like it's my birthday. I love what I'm doing.
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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I'm in so many videos. There was a period of about two years where I danced for everyone: Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Taio Cruz. It got to the point where my fees were double the other girls', and I wouldn't even have to audition. They'd call my agent directly and say, 'We want twigs to come in.'
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.
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I'm a little bit of a weirdo - I'm kind of a loner, I didn't go to college, I spend a lot of my time reading. I've been working since I was 17, so that's sort of been my life.
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The United States and the Obama administration have consistently opposed the delegitimation of Israel. We've also consistently pushed for legitimation of Israel across the U.N. system. We uniformly oppose one-sided actions designed to punish Israel, and we will continue to do so.
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I skipped kindergarten because I was reading at a pretty high level. That's a weird and cocky thing to say, but I was real sharp, and I knew that early on.
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You know, people really don't understand what actors do.
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All great sages are as despotic as generals, and as ungracious and indelicate as generals, because they are confident of their impunity.
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The beginning is always today.
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When I was four or five, I would organise my cars and my action figures. I needed some kind of structure, I think.
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We're such imperfect beings. I think that's more often the case than not.
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That's what's so great, I get to play any character in the world. And I think that's one of the things that makes doing 'Comedy Bang Bang' or other improv podcasts so fun, as well as my own, is that you can really explore a character deeply for a long period of time that is nothing like yourself.
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The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
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Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart.
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Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
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Repentance means change: Change in what you think, change in what you desire, change in what you do and say. It is the evidence of authentic faith.
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I used to paint a lot of oil and now I paint more mixed-media stuff.
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Good sportsmanship means treating others with respect. I consider myself a pretty good sport.
