Eddy Merckx Quotes
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Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
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In fiction, too, after the death of Cooper the main tendency for nearly a generation was away from the conquest of new borders to the closer cultivation, east of the Mississippi, of ground already marked.
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Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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Remember daydreams? No, of course you don't. How could you? Three new text messages have just arrived, and another three, in a moment, will go out.
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Before being a player, I was a diehard fan of Roma, so I know what the fans felt when we won.
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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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There's a lot of buying power from the Middle East. Girls from Dubai want to be able to wear Asos, and you have people travelling all the way to the States just to go shopping.
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How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is in place at the site of arrival.
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You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.
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Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.
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Movies don't have borders.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
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If your government had given me a thousandth of the sum it spent to depose me, I could have won that war.
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All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities... toward full European integration.
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If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.
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I will say this about the Miz: Even though I don't like his wrestling style, he is a very hard worker. I have a huge amount of respect for him, and I want him to do well.
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'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.
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Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
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Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.
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My mother tells me of when I was 10 or 11 and I'd wear really tight, short skirts and crop tops. All the local men would wolf whistle and stop and stare, but I didn't realise why at the time.
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I find it fascinating to see the fact that women want to buy things that they see on men.
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Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.
