I always come into these competitions hoping to come away with a gold medal. I won't relax until I have the gold medal around my neck.

Quotes

He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful.

Dame Rose Macaulay

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he , felt , books , doctors , feel

Proverbs

A house ready made and a wife to make.

French Proverb

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house , ready , made , wife

Quotes

I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.

Chuck Close

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work , inspiration , just

Quotes

Part of what renamo is fighting for is a greater share of resources, the bigger those resources are, the higher the stakes.

Barnaby Fletcher

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part , fighting , greater , share , bigger

Quotes

Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.

Jonathan Swift

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poor , nations , rich

Quotes

My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.

Jonathan Krohn

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mother , taught , me

Quotes

Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Vicki Baum

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success , ice , cold

Quotes

Twitter wasn't a big thing even on 'Inception;' it certainly wasn't on 'The Dark Knight.'

Emma Thomas

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twitter , big , thing

Quotes

If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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peace

Quotes

If people were able to afford to eat nutritious food, I think they would make better choices.

Georgina Bloomberg

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people , were , able

Quotes

If I can't find real situations that interest me in real life, then I'll go and write them in play form.

Preston Sturges

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find , real , situations

Quotes

'Communication Breakdown' - it was punchy and direct, with a real attitude that was different to other bands going around.

Jimmy Page

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real , attitude , different

Quotes

The success my children have had has helped me immensely. I've showed them a certain respect for this career.

Julio Iglesias

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respect

Quotes

My scope on what's good is if I like it. The first person I have to please is myself.

Maren Morris

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scope , good , like

Quotes

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.

Karl Kraus

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feminine , passion , masculine

Facts

"Darth vader" is derived from old dutch, meaning "Dark father"

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vader , derived , old

Facts

"Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye."

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based , which , nothing

Facts

"Eating crow" is an old expression defined by the Urban Dictionary to mean "When you make a mistake and are forced to acknowledge it humbly".

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facts

Proverbs

"Fie upon thee, how black thou art!" said the kettle to the saucepan.

Danish Proverb

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how , black , thou , said , kettle

Facts

"Finger Lickin' Good" had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first KFC outlets in the country, the famous phrase became "Eat your fingers off"

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good , had , bit

Facts

"Finger Lickin' Good" had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first outlets in the country, the famous phrase became "eat your fingers off".

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facts

Proverbs

"For example" is not proof.

Yiddish Proverb

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proverbs, yiddish-proverb

Facts

"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen."

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millions , mankind , lived

Proverbs

"Force me, and I shall commit no sin," said the girl.

German Proverb

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shall , commit , said

Facts

"Fox tossing" was once a popular sport.

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tossing , once , popular

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"Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel."

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two , great , theorem

Proverbs

"Give me a push from my back" does not mean give me a hunchback.

Nigerian Proverb

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me , push , does , mean , give

Facts

"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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facts

Facts

"Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition."

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culture , born , good

Proverbs

"Great cry and little wool," said the fool, when he sheared a pig.

German Proverb

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cry , little , said , he

I always come into these competitions hoping to come away with a gold medal. I won't relax until I have the gold medal around my neck.

– Katie Taylor –

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