Claudio Ranieri Quotes
I'm not friends with my players, but I am very close to my players. When I speak to them, I want to speak to the man, always the man.
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I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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I wouldn't mind seeing The Smiths reform. That would be cool.
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I think it's nice to break down that barrier, that models are seen and not heard.
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Heartless zealotry, whether from the religious right or from the teachers' union on the left, is always troubling.
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I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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I just get silly inside my head and I start to think about something and in my head I start twisting it around, contorting it and envisioning it in different ways.
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Print-on-demand and electronic self-publishing options have made it easy for anyone to set up a business as a publisher whether they know what they're doing or not.
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I developed 'Trapped' because I was fascinated with the idea of a terrible crime in a small town cut off from the rest of the world.
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The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters.
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I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey imposed sanctions on us, without waging a war. How would we survive under those circumstances?
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Just to see what a pink dress can mean to a woman, any woman, but a disabled woman, that's extra special and thrilling because they shouldn't be separated and their disabilities don't have to separate them in anyway.
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For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going.
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I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La Tengo and Bedhead. There are other things too, like Pavement. They're a great band, with really good lyrics. But generally, I'm not overwhelmed by the state of indie-rock.
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I'm not friends with my players, but I am very close to my players. When I speak to them, I want to speak to the man, always the man.
