Lee Pearson Quotes
Paralympics has always had to push the media into it being about sport and not focusing on the disability.
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The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.
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I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.
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I don't speak Spanish. I understand enough of it, having spent some time running Telemundo, and I put in a lot of time in Spain during the Barcelona Olympics. But I don't pretend to speak Spanish, and I don't want anyone to think that I can.
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As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.
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You do the policy, I'll do the politics.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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I'm not an expert on the arms race.
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Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.
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If you want to see me cry, just come to a photo shoot.
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Let me tell you, writing comics is as hard as anything I've ever done - for me, at least. I'm now officially in awe of guys who can crank out multiple books a month and maintain a high level of quality. Comics are completely different than any other medium I've dabbled in.
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That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know.
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I saw myself as a teacher's pet but with a little of Ed Haskell mixed in. I was the teacher's pet, but that didn't mean that I was trying to pull one over.
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I don't even think my children are aware of what I've done. When somebody will ask me for my autograph, Spenser-Margaret will say, 'You must watch 'Charlie's Angels.' You know, that's like all I've done to them.
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When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics.
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There's nothing anyone can do about Tiger Woods but look at his game and swoon.
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Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.
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Few know the joys that spring from a disinterested curiosity. It is like a cheerful spirit that leads us through worlds filled with what is true and fair, which we admire and love because it is true and fair.
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As a kid, I always wanted to be Carol Burnett or Johnny Carson. I love to chat and entertain.
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It seems a little bit like the home of the U.S. Open in the States. For all the venues of the U.S. Open this is more synonymous for the U.S. Open than any other one.
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Paralympics has always had to push the media into it being about sport and not focusing on the disability.
