Arthur Hopcraft Quotes
The point about football in Britain is that it is not just a sport people take to, like cricket or tennis. It is built into the urban psyche, as much a common experience to our children as are uncles and school. It is not a phenomenon : it is an everyday matter.Arthur Hopcraft
Quotes to Explore
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
Mal Peet -
Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
Dallas Roberts -
I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
Yami Gautam -
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Oscar Wilde -
I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
Sam Heughan -
I really have been so, so blessed with all my leading men.
Laura Osnes
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I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure.
Dan O'Brien -
I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.
Dani Shapiro -
Everything that I do to my own hair and makeup I learned from professionals.
Natalie Dormer -
Bush II's democracy crusade and Obama's embrace of the Arab Spring have unleashed and empowered forces less receptive to America's wishes and will than the despots and dictators deposed with our approval.
Pat Buchanan -
I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth.
Barry Jenkins -
We don't think of ourselves as a regional investment bank. We think of ourselves as merchant bankers with clients all over the country.
Warren Stephens
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I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.
Ed O'Neill -
I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at it. But I really wanted to work with the director Tim Carroll and Mark Rylance.
Samuel Barnett -
Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.
Barbara Kruger -
In college, I took an acting class as a lark. I was surprised by how much it interested me. It seemed like something I could do my whole life and always try to get better at.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach -
It's hard to think about 20 to 30 years down the road. Most people want to use the money now - it's tough.
Chris Gronkowski -
As we move toward a new Middle East, over the years and, I think, over the decades to come, we will make a lot of people very nervous.
James Woolsey
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When my father died in Greece, leaving my mother strapped, a cheque arrived next day from my Greek publishers who'd just bought two of my books for pounds 500.
Emma Tennant -
For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U.
Jose Manuel Barroso -
I think I have great hands out of the backfield.
Ezekiel Elliott -
Nobody is that thick-skinned that it doesn't hurt you. Still, you always know what happens in football. I have got used to criticism, I suppose, having been high profile with England and Man U.
Bryan Robson -
I think people tune in to watch a football game because they want to watch a football game. If they wanted to watch a stand-up comedy show on HBO, that's where they'd go
Dan Dierdorf -
The point about football in Britain is that it is not just a sport people take to, like cricket or tennis. It is built into the urban psyche, as much a common experience to our children as are uncles and school. It is not a phenomenon : it is an everyday matter.
Arthur Hopcraft