Brian Lara Quotes
This is the time to plan properly with the World Cup upon us and start to turn around the game in the Caribbean. West Indies cricket is at a stage where upward mobility is necessary and we have to all start working to achieve this.
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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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My three daughters are all going to go to college, and it's not even a question. When I was applying to college, my parents were hoping that I would just go somewhere. Today, they look at their grandkids, and they know those kids will have a chance to build this country in bigger and better ways than my parents ever had a chance.
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I was a horrible student.
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I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the most important case.
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If I were a customer, and I was given a dish with peppers, I would hate it. I also don't like blood sausage.
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When more Chinese started coming after the Gold Rush, employed on large projects like the Pacific Railroad, anti-Chinese sentiment became shrill.
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I am livid with rage, sitting here in chains through this mad war which kills any meaning of life... My nerves are shattered and my mind darkened.
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I didn't want wrestling anymore; I wanted to not want it. But I couldn't get a job anywhere, which was part of the reason I was homeless. I couldn't get a job pumping gas. I couldn't get a job working at a warehouse, I couldn't get a job at Baskin Robbins, I couldn't get a job anywhere.
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I try to tell a story that's good enough to win the right to integrate eternal themes into it. If it's poorly written or comes across as a sermon, then obviously you don't reach people, because they're aware that you're imposing something on a story that isn't innate to it.
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I'd love to play Wonder Woman.
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I can assure you that I have never used my media companies for propaganda, and I will never do so.
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There is no other language as similar to Hebrew like Arabic.
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What cannot be healed has been healed. What was lost forever has been found. Therefore let that which cannot be forgiven be forgiven.
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The best way to make money is to have more economic freedom, which is why we are one of the very few large companies that are consistently for it.
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I have a passion for luggage - trunks and so on. I have a collection of them, but I can never resist buying another piece.
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I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to write better. It's a dance between you, your characters, and your editor.
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Over the years, TV has gotten so much better, especially with the advent of cable. The bar has been raised. I think HBO really set the standard with 'The Sopranos,' and then on mainstream TV, shows like 'Lost' broke amazing ground.
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Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
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This is the time to plan properly with the World Cup upon us and start to turn around the game in the Caribbean. West Indies cricket is at a stage where upward mobility is necessary and we have to all start working to achieve this.
