Barry Taylor quote: "Good GCSE results can show evidence of commitment to a subject, and they do carry weight alongside A-levels and the personal statement. But we are looking for well-rounded characters, so don't give up the football or ballet."

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BARRY TAYLOR

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No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces tha...
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After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social i...
BARRY COMMONER

I am about as detailed as a shadow.
LYNDA BARRY

Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.
DAVE BARRY

I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.
SAM BARRY

Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad wor...
SAM BARRY

I picked up a harmonica and taught myself.
SAM BARRY

I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate.
TODD BARRY

We are quite at ease in this no man's land of ignorance and doubt and dispute, absorbed in the a...
BARRY UNSWORTH

Get up, groan, write a bit, moan, eat breakfast, write some more, cycle my bike through the Sligo hi...
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DAVE BARRY

For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.
DAVE BARRY

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DAVE BARRY

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.
DAVE BARRY

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DAVE BARRY

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DAVE BARRY

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DAVE BARRY

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
DAVE BARRY

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DAVE BARRY

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.
DAVE BARRY

I remember my comic strips being called 'new wave.' It bugged me.
LYNDA BARRY

I got into film school. I went and didn't know anything about it. Over the course of two years, ...
BARRY JENKINS

I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. ...
BARRY ZITO

I can count my friends on one hand.
BARRY ZITO

I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anythin...
BARRY ZITO

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
BARRY ZITO

The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
BARRY ZITO

It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them ...
BARRY ZITO

I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.
BARRY ZITO

I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people...
BARRY ZITO

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
BARRY ZITO

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.
BARRY ZITO

I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no ...
BARRY ZITO

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he ...
BARRY ZITO

I just write mechanical things.
BARRY ZITO

I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.
BARRY ZITO

Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If i...
BARRY ZITO

Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, ...
BARRY ZITO

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works...
BARRY ZITO

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can be...
BARRY ZITO

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BARRY ZITO

I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the score...
BARRY WILLIAMS

Tiger the dog had a showdown with a fast moving flower truck in the middle of the street and lost.
BARRY WILLIAMS

One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
BARRY WHITE

Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as ...
BARRY WHITE

Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
BARRY WHITE

The whole system of society tells you what to do.
BARRY WHITE

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my...
BARRY WHITE

People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
BARRY WHITE

I'm very happy with this new record. It's dealing with different aspects of love-it's me...
BARRY WHITE

I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I...
BARRY WHITE

We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beg...
BARRY WHITE

The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Tho...
BARRY WHITE

When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my ha...
BARRY WHITE

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was...
BARRY WHITE

As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every wor...
BARRY WHITE

I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
BARRY WHITE

There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.
BARRY WHITE

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
BARRY WHITE

I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 19...
BARRY WHITE

I try to tell a story musically in a song.
BARRY WHITE

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.
BARRY WHITE

Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
BARRY WHITE

In most horror films, you don't really get to understand why this character is the way he is.
BARRY WATSON

I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with bei...
BARRY WATSON

I did. I did see Bigfoot when I was a kid and I still believe it to this day. I saw a big furry man ...
BARRY WATSON

It was tough trying to figure out how to put on all the women's clothes.
BARRY WATSON

Helen Mirren is like the sexiest woman on the planet to me. She is. Just the way she goes about ever...
BARRY WATSON

I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. ...
BARRY WATSON

I think most people, even if they say they hate horror movies, there's that feeling you get insi...
BARRY WATSON

Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
BARRY TOOK

It was a joy to be a part of the team that created Round The Horne. I was involved with the show at ...
BARRY TOOK

There are people worse off than me. I've had a very long run. I'm fine really. I'm just ...
BARRY TOOK

It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it.
BARRY SWITZER

I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve.
BARRY STERNLICHT

I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort l...
BARRY STERNLICHT

There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.
BARRY STERNLICHT

There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans ...
BARRY STERNLICHT

If it can be profitable to be green, that's just smart business.
BARRY STERNLICHT

If I had high-ticker 10 percent financing, which would probably be the market rate, I would have to ...
BARRY STERNLICHT

You go public because you want access to capital in the form of debt and equity.
BARRY STERNLICHT

I wanted to start a hotel company from scratch.
BARRY STERNLICHT

We have an impact on nature, and nature has an impact on us.
BARRY STERNLICHT

You can learn everything that there is to know about the industry or the player from the company tha...
BARRY STERNLICHT

Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportuniti...
BARRY STERNLICHT

I've been a supporter of green initiatives for years. I've been paying more and more attenti...
BARRY STERNLICHT

Booking windows are shrinking, and customers are going mobile: trends which position HotelTonight pe...
BARRY STERNLICHT

Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
BARRY STERNLICHT

I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hote...
BARRY STERNLICHT

The American dream is still to own your home.
BARRY STERNLICHT

I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of differe...
BARRY STERNLICHT

It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.
BARRY STERNLICHT

Today, when you're marketing a brand, you can't try to appeal to everybody. You should speak...
BARRY STERNLICHT

The best advice is often the compliments received, and they are often about an associate who did som...
BARRY STERNLICHT

It is very important that a leader in the hotel industry be both creative, I think, and compassionat...
BARRY STERNLICHT

As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
BARRY STERNLICHT

I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
BARRY STERNLICHT

Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say a...
BARRY SONNENFELD

When Frank the Pug is singing I Will Survive, the only reason it's funny is that Will is in that...
BARRY SONNENFELD

They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
BARRY SONNENFELD

These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of the...
BARRY SONNENFELD

Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big...
BARRY SONNENFELD

It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
BARRY SONNENFELD

I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out ...
BARRY SONNENFELD

I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be consid...
BARRY SONNENFELD

I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a bi...
BARRY SONNENFELD

I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
BARRY SONNENFELD

I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actuall...
BARRY SONNENFELD

There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an...
BARRY SONNENFELD

Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Pa...
BARRY SONNENFELD

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first ...
BARRY SONNENFELD

We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.
BARRY SONNENFELD

I was born with an evil face.
BARRY SLOANE

I've never seen any character I've ever played as a bad guy or a good guy.
BARRY SLOANE

I was blessed with a good character in 'Hollyoaks,' and I cut my teeth in 'Brookside'...
BARRY SLOANE

Essentially, if you decide to sell a widget using BitPay, and you sell the widget for $100, in Bitco...
BARRY SILBERT

That's a term that I really like - 'permissionless innovation' - because anybody who has...
BARRY SILBERT

Our mission is to accelerate the development of a better financial system; it's not just develop...
BARRY SILBERT

To be a more efficient, faster, and cheaper way to send money around the world, you have to be able ...
BARRY SILBERT

We are very excited about the use of blockchain, whether it's Bitcoin or not, but we are as enth...
BARRY SILBERT

Bitcoin is one of the most viral concepts I've ever encountered.
BARRY SILBERT

You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a moneta...
BARRY SILBERT

As people want to move money around the world, they're going to be moving in and out of bitcoin ...
BARRY SILBERT

As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services,...
BARRY SILBERT

People have been scared off Bitcoin by the fact that you needed to put your money in an unregulated ...
BARRY SILBERT

Regulators are going to have to come up with a way to treat Bitcoin that is balanced and thoughtful ...
BARRY SILBERT

Just like the Internet disrupted the publishing industry, we're going to see Bitcoin micropaymen...
BARRY SILBERT

The history of Bitcoin trading is a bubble, a correction, consolidation, and another increase. It...
BARRY SILBERT

Once Wall Street starts putting money into Bitcoin - we're talking about hundreds of millions, b...
BARRY SILBERT

While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day ma...
BARRY SILBERT

I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championshi...
BARRY SHEENE

Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect.
BARRY SHEENE

It wasn't about the money. I just wanted them to admit it was their fault.
BARRY SHEENE

I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomor...
BARRY SHEENE

They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan.
BARRY SHEENE

It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One.
BARRY SHEENE

I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission.
BARRY SHEENE

Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me.
BARRY SHEENE

I'd get to within a yard of that door you walk through and the thing would go mad. I used to car...
BARRY SHEENE

I start with an idea that is no more than a paragraph long, and expand it slowly into an outline. Bu...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Y...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.
BARRY SCHWARTZ

What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about so...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore s...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of th...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

I don't really read 'business books,' and I didn't think 'The Paradox of Choice&...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

Everybody makes money for a living, but most of us actually do something that has a point, in additi...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in chan...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

Too little attention is paid to the dark side of incentives. They are anything but a magic bullet. P...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence i...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need pe...
BARRY SCHWARTZ

Running back was always my favorite position.
BARRY SANDERS

You can look at everything from pre-Heisman to post-Heisman, and I think that's why it ranks up ...
BARRY SANDERS

I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
BARRY SANDERS

I like retirement.
BARRY SANDERS

It's hard to win in the NFL. You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the r...
BARRY SANDERS

I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I...
BARRY SANDERS

Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 seas...
BARRY SANDERS

I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do in school, but I definitely didn't have adequate t...
BARRY SANDERS

My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her co...
BARRY SANDERS

I'm from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so w...
BARRY SANDERS

Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most im...
BARRY SANDERS

The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has le...
BARRY SANDERS

I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, y...
BARRY SANDERS

As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.
BARRY SANDERS

I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always staye...
BARRY SANDERS

Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
BARRY SANDERS

Life doesn't stop with football.
BARRY SANDERS

I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoy...
BARRY SANDERS

Let's just win it and go home.
BARRY SANDERS

My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart throu...
BARRY SANDERS

I really love peace and quiet.
BARRY SANDERS

You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
BARRY SANDERS

It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing f...
BARRY SANDERS

Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
BARRY SANDERS

Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smar...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevit...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technolog...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
BARRY RITHOLTZ

Hedge fund managers charge so much more than mutual fund managers; alpha is even harder to come by. ...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend ...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function ...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

Investing is about making probabilistic decisions with limited information about an unknowable futur...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

Based on a lifetime of observations and a few decades in the markets, I understand that societies, b...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.
BARRY RITHOLTZ

We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
BARRY RITHOLTZ

When it comes to investing, you are your own worst enemy.
BARRY RITHOLTZ

People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a short...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

The data strongly suggest that very good years in the U.S. stock market are followed by more good ye...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

When it comes to investing, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all portfolio.
BARRY RITHOLTZ

Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

Good GCSE results can show evidence of commitment to a subject, and they do carry weight alongside A-levels and the personal statement. But we are looking for well-rounded characters, so don't give up the football or ballet.

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Good GCSE results can show evidence of commitment to a subject, and they do carry weight alongside A-levels and the personal statement. But we are looking for well-rounded characters, so don't give up the football or ballet.

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