Edward Eggleston Quotes
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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special.
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Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.
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I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.
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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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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.
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You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona.
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It'll certainly give the pigeons something to do.
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I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.
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I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
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I started playing the ukulele in the year 2000. That sounds so futuristic saying it like that. The year 2000.
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I can give you a definite perhaps.
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But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year you have to be with the player, either travelling or training. Right now I don't want to do that
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.
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Time is a very precious gift - so precious that it is only given to us moment by moment.
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I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.
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The storyteller is one who comes bearing a great and lasting gift.
