Daley Thompson Quotes
What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.
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Ice shelves in general have episodic carvings and there can be large icebergs breaking off - I'm talking 100km or 200km long - every 10 or 20 or 50 years.
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I want to be an activist professor.
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Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
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An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.
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I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.
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For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared.
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I've always been about the power of a woman - accentuating the positive, deleting the negative, whether you're talking her body, her voice or her leadership.
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What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.
