William Jones Quotes
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Being evil is easy.
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I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.
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The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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My granddad used to mind me at weekends, and if the game was on, and you wanted to get across the room, you had to crawl under the TV. So I've always been a Liverpool fan, and meeting Steven Gerrard was massive for me. He knew who I was before we'd even said hello!
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I have no privacy anymore.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream.
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When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anything, but I didn't know what direction to go in.
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The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
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The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind.
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Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.
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It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.
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When dictators feel their support slipping among adults, it is not unusual for them to alter school textbooks in the hope of enlisting impressionable youths in their cause.
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What happened to me is I gained a little weight so I could be more accessible to people. They're not like, 'Oh my God, he's, like, a male model comedian; yuck, ugh.' It's like, 'Oh, he's a little squishy; He's like me. He's accessible.' And girls are like, 'Look how cuddly he is. I just want to cuddle up in his neck fat and go to sleep.'
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There's so many great things that come with being successful. The one thing that is weird is trying to figure out whose intentions are in the right place, and who is really on your team.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Mind is a captive of the body.
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I understood from a very young age that school was important and that my parents were making great sacrifices for me. Every morning I saw my father get up and go to a job that he didn't really like. They came to France for the same reasons all immigrants move to another country - so their kids could have a better way of life.
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I've found that there's a lot to invigorate in any country or destination - it's all about how you look at it. I've never really had any difficulties anywhere I've been. As an athlete, I used to enjoy being on the road and meeting people.
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The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.
