Bob Stoops Quotes
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.
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I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
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I try to play like I did when I was a young boy playing in my garden. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not so good, but I try to always make sure I give my best to help the team, even if I am not having the best game myself.
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The situation in disability sport is growing, and girls like Ellie Cole are doing wonders.
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I don't particularly like L.A.
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My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.
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At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.
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I like the strategy of finding great entrepreneurs early, giving them some money, helping them a little - perhaps not as much as we would a regular core investment.
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When God created you, He went to great lengths to make you exactly the way He wanted you to be. You are His ultimate work of art.
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As a dancer running around the world, I always questioned whether that's what I wanted to do.
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I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world.
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The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.
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I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people.
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Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.
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I don't take vacations.
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For a long time I wanted to be a comic strip artist but when I started doing them in my teens they were getting really elaborate with tons of poses and a lot of information.
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Of course it was cause and effect, but in the necessity with which follows the other lay all tragedy of life.
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Being still at least once a day will enhance your life.
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I like the fact that the players feel it and have some life in them.
