Alistair Cooke Quotes
A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
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I love cycling.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
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When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over.
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In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.
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Everyone wants to be sexy.
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I want to work, but being a mom is my No. 1 priority.
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Sometimes I struggle with being American.
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A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it
