Pat Burns Quotes
As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'you don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.'
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The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.
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Matching shoes and bags immediately age you by 10 years.
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Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
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For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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I'm totally a geek.
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The stuff that's going on is just so over-the-top, with the banking crisis and destroying the Gulf of Mexico, and the outrage hasn't quite caught up with the people yet. But when it does, I think you're going to see really virulent anti-authoritarian kind of comedy coming out.
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Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries.
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Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
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Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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If I learned anything from the Army, it was about being able to get things done, no matter how tough the assignment, and it served me later in life.
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I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I think my track record speaks for myself... I have been endorsed by the African Union, but I am a prosecutor for 121 states parties and this is what I intend to be until the end of my mandate.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.
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I truly do have the most amazing child on the face of the earth. I know all parents say that about their child, but Taylor truly is special.
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My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now I need to set another goal.
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Failure is a part of success.
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I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.
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I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient whose care I am taking over is not by staring at the computer screen but by going to see the patient; it's only at the bedside that I can figure out what is important.
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As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'you don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.'
