Kevin Pietersen Quotes
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We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.
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Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
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By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.
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Yeah, I'm old as the hills and you would think I'd be out to pasture someplace because I've done everything, but nothing has changed.
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I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother then gave me a lesson in embracing my differences and loving them despite what others said.
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My mom raised me with the idea of doing public service, and I definitely want to go in that direction. But I also want to follow in my dad's entrepreneurial footsteps.
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The South of France is one of my favorite places in the world.
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Money has never been my drive. I have never seen the shortage of money in my life, so for me, I don't want to buy a silk pillow or a private jet... My drive is to achieve more than what my grandfather achieved; my drive is to make a name for myself, get rid of this 'star son' tag that has been attached to me.
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In many countries in the Middle East - and this is changing in the wake of the Arab Spring - but for a long time, censorship of books and film was a very big deal. There were books you couldn't buy; things with political content would be censored, but there were some genres of books and film that the censors just didn't understand.
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Foreign universities have two aspects - content and brand. If we focus on the brand, we could lose out on the content. The idea is to focus on the content.
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I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem.
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There are not 'many sides' in the fight against hatred and bigotry. There is only right and wrong.
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When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well.
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Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.
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I'm always in search for perfection. If it's not perfect, I'm back to the drawing board.
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You have a natural tendency to want an emotionally satisfying tale - and to make investments based on that - despite times when the actual data may be telling you something different.
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Of this story I can say that it came to me in an irresistible form, crying to be written. It will be accused perhaps of being a mere piece of sentimentality, but, as I saw it, it was a great deal more. If, therefore, it lacks the ring of sincerity, or even, of tragedy, the fault rests not with the theme but with my handling of it.
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To this day, I don't like people walking on stage not looking good. You have to look good. If you feel special about yourself then you're going to play special.
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I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
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The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition.
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France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme.
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I'm as hungry as ever.
