Allan Sloan Quotes
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But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.
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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.
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My dad would pick me up every other Friday at 6 o'clock and drop me off every Sunday at 6 o'clock, and I remember those last couple hours, like around 4 o'clock, my dad would get kind of sad because he knew that he was about to not see me for two more weeks.
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When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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My books have contradictions all the time - and people are fine with that.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a film by that name in 1907, but, unlike his earlier adaptations of Verne, Melies' version bears no resemblance to the book.
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The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day.
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It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
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All rappers are princesses like me.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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Even as a teenager, I felt that for whatever reason that we were living very close to the end of human history. And now at my age I believe that with almost an increasing certainty.
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With 'The Mummy' it was a fantasy action adventure. You get taken away for a few hours and come out and feel revamped and ready to go into the world and enjoy your next day at work.
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The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
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Honest talk about the deficit is risky. Voters are more enthusiastic about the abstract notion of deficit reduction than about the painful details of accomplishing it.
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Patience, discipline - giving everything on court... This is what I'm trying to bring in every single match.
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Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have something original and useful to say. Say it in a way that will interest someone other than you, your family and your sources.
