I think I'm as good as the Russians and the Cubans but I've got my feet on the ground. Now that I've got a medal it is a huge thing for somebody my age. The pressure is off now and I'll be relaxed, calm and cool headed for the next fight.
Amir KhanHis designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.
Henry FieldingUnderstand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law.
Derek JarmanFootball is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom
Danny BlanchflowerAll love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
Ella WilcoxPeople think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they - at least the ones that I know personally - have been waiting for something that doesn't completely insult them.
Winona RyderIf we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat?
Tom Snyder'I loved counting the number of boob jobs I saw as I walked down Rodeo Drive.'
Samantha MumbaOur future lies to the east and south, in Asia and Africa
Benito MussoliniI got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon.
Casey StengelNecessity does the work of courage.
Nicholas Murray ButlerGet into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
Earl NightingaleFergie said I was a Manchester United player in the wrong shirt - I said he was an Arsenal manager in the wrong blazer.
Tony AdamsWhen the time came to begin I was so completely terrified that my legs turned numb [on her first gig]
Minnie DriverLet us be such as help the life of the future
ZoroasterFascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power
Benito MussoliniIn the 66 years that I have been alive, there has not been one hour, of one day, of one month, of one year, when there has not been a threat aimed at us.
Frederick ForsythPunishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes.
Ross PerotIt is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver Wendell HolmesWhat have I done for you,
England, my England?
What is there I would not do,
England, my own?
William Ernest HenleyObviously there are those who wish to remain confidential in a public sense. But the electoral commission will be able to come in and look at the terms of those loans and the names. [on party loans]
Theresa MayIf Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!
Jose MourinhoAn art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination. [What does modern art too then?]
Eduard Hanslick'Play it as it lies' is one of the fundamental dictates of golf. The other is 'Wear it if it clashes'.
Henry BeardTheir is a fine line between slutty and classy and I walk right on that line
Kate PerryThere's nothing like music. It's seductive, it's all-consuming, it's emotional, it's infinitely creative... I was a singer-songwriter, not particularly talented musically [that's never stopped anyone before] but drawn to the craft of songwriting.
Jeffrey DeaverMen are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.
Stephen Butler LeacockYou can't climb to the second floor without a ladder. Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it.
Emil ZatopekMen of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.
John GardnerWhat is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?
Richard J DaleyOther passions have objects to flatter them, and seem to content and satisfy them for a while; there is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury, and pelf in covetousness; but envy can gain nothing but vexation
MontaigneI have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult.
Arthur MillerMen never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.
Blaise PascalGoodness is love in action, love with its hand to the plough, love with the burden on its back, love following his footsteps who went about continually doing good.
James HamiltonIt certainly seems contradictory of the [local] council to be encouraging parents to stop using their cars to take children to school but at the same time taking so long about the safe routes initiative.
Sally WhittakerI am so in love with my brother right now!
Angelina JolieNothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.
Adlai E StevensonA disease in the family that is never mentioned (Of the troubles in Northern Ireland)
William TrevorEvery stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundaries.
Marcus CiceroWhen I first got here the single most difficult thing was not giggling through every meeting.
Garry WattsWhen we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
Billie Jean KingTolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Robert G IngersollOne thing that rugby is generally is incredibly fair, and with it being a team sport no individual is bigger than the game itself
Jeremy Guscott"There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them."
Betty GrableIt has also contained come of the very best, most accessible writing for children, by writers who seldom get the acknowledgement they deserve [on Fantasy genre]
Terry PratchettI don't have any problems with the board, the chief executive or the chairman
Rafael BenitezTime is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
Horatio NelsonThe Liberal Democrats have been positive and set out real solutions to the problems people face
Charles KennedyYou always pass failure on the way to success.
Mickey RooneyThere is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography.
Thomas Szasz
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