Eliza Doolittle Quotes
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.
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These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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We must uphold the fighting of tigers and flies at the same time, resolutely investigating law-breaking cases of leading officials and also earnestly resolving the unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems which happen all around people.
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The 12 years that I was improvising are why I got the number of commercials I got when I was in New York and why I got The Devil Wears Prada, and its why I even got in the door for Mad Men.
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Love is that micro-moment of warmth and connection that you share with another living being.
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I used to teach dance lessons.
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I eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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I'm always writing; my phone is full of ideas - melodies and lyrics and stuff.
