Asafa Powell Quotes
I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.
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I wanted to publish a book simply to be buried with it; that's all I wanted. I had no ambition beyond that.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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I'm the kind of person that, if someone says, 'Oh yeah, you can't do that,' I want to then go do it.
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We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
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We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.
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I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.
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I like it when I am in the middle; I am closer to the ball. The manager wants me to pass, to make assists, create chances, and I do more because I think the position is more central, and I don't ask all the time for the ball at my feet.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
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I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons!
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Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.
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Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft - not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing.
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I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that.
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An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.
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Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace.
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I am forever living in my childhood.
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God far exceeds all words that we can here express In silence He is heard, in silence worshiped best
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I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12 and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but also my work as well.
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I watch the energy between the actors. That's the most thrilling and interesting thing to me about watching a movie, what the actors are doing.
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One of the things about the '70s films I love - the films 'Nightcrawler' is being compared to, like, 'Taxi Driver' - is that they never put their flawed characters into any one box.
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Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
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I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.
