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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One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.
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I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.
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In the '70s, the newspaper guild managed to get people paid what they were worth, but the reporters suddenly became middle class. It's much more respectable, more uptight, and everyone speaks in guarded tones. And the writing isn't as good. We always had guys who were failed poets and failed novelists who did it to eat.
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Write till your ink be dry, and with your tears Moist it again, and frame some feeling line That may discover such integrity.
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The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.
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I'm always writing; my phone is full of ideas - melodies and lyrics and stuff.
