Lauren Gibbs Quotes
I've always been a risk taker. When I told my mum I was quitting my job to be a bobsledder, she wasn't surprised.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I love all things Christmas.
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One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.
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Excellence always sells.
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Nobody is going to hand you a music career.
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But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.
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Universities are not places where police can come and arrest people. Let the children have a discourse as they want to. They will learn as they move on in life. But to target individuals and institutions is dangerous.
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In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.
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I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.
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You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life either.
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Before I go on stage I pretend that everyone loves me.
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In Morocco, for a woman to earn her own living is the essential concern.
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A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
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Zippy is living in the moment.
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Whatever Spiteful fools may Say - Each jealous, ranting yelper - No woman ever played the whore Unless She had a man to help her.
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She found more gratification in teaching one willing student than a dozen resentful ones.
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I've been a single parent for a long time. It reminds me of being a waitress. As you walk back to the kitchen, requests come at you from all sides. You're doing the job of two - you have to be highly organised.
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Mrs. Brisbane-Brown was a relic, but only the unthinking would have called her a snob. For snobbishness implies some sense of insecurity, and she was perfectly secure.
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I've always been a risk taker. When I told my mum I was quitting my job to be a bobsledder, she wasn't surprised.
