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I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.


Barry McGuigan

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BRUNO TONIOLI I wanted to go to Washington to bring people together who had never been together before. I wanted t...
EDWARD BROOKE I wanted people to feel comfortable when they come in.
LORRETTA GUAZZINI I've been threatened before. But this time they wanted to kill me.
GAO ZHISHENG Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion a...
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JOHNNY WEIR No one's banging down my door. People see the way I look, and they don't feel threatened, bu...
TIM DALY I learned that if you bring black people together, you bring them together with a song. To this day,...
BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.
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MICK EBELING I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with o...
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T.I. I love the gay community. Naturally having been in this business since I was 17, I came into contact...
FLORENCE HENDERSON They came together and talked to each other, played very smart. They put together great shots and ca...
DEBBIE ASHENBRENNER We do tend to overreact when we feel threatened. Men, I mean.
KEIRA KROFT I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy t...
LAURA BENANTI I love changing. I hate it when people try to box me in to a relationship or in a work context. Any ...
STEPHEN DALDRY I have always been a lone wolf and in the real sense of the word (people say it all the time but it'...
C. JOYBELL C. We're not against Barry Bonds as an individual. We're against what he stands for. ... There was no w...
DENNIS COLLINS We did not ever feel personally threatened.
LIZ VIERING I've actually apologized to some people I was a real jerk to, because I feel ashamed. I didn'...
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EDDY CANTOR When I see the 'Ten Most Wanted Lists' ... I always have this thought : If we'd made them feel wante...
EDDIE CANTOR Most People think In the Box - Some think Outside the Box - I want to Create the Box
SOLLY TAMARI I'm so glad they came to see me today and came here, because I really needed that support and it rea...
SALLY ALLEYNE We are to love God most importantly so that we can grow to love people as he loved us, not so that w...
CRISS JAMI ‎Education is not meant to only make one think outside-the-box but, more importantly,to get the bo...
JOSEPH ANNANG SOWAH I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little...
BEN STEIN People are only mean when they are threatened.
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CENDRINE MARROUAT People get together and what do they want to do? Watch football and eat pizza.
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DONALD YACKTMAN It was most exciting when people first came up on the stage and then when they came back for the enc...
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IO TILLETT WRIGHT The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO I feel like when people judge me they're not judging me, because they don't know who I am.
GISELE BUNDCHEN The Dover Street Markets bring brands of all disciplines together to sell their products in an open ...
REI KAWAKUBO People still want to touch and feel a box.
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CELESTE ARNOLD When I came here, I didn't know anybody, ... I wanted to see what true Buffalonians are like. And so...
J.P. LOSMAN I'm not seeking out genre films, but this just came my way, and Miramax was good enough to add a...
JERI RYAN In the past, we used to just write parts and cram them all together and call it a song. With this al...
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GREG DANIELS If people want to say Barry is No. 1, they won't get an argument from me. As long as I get to be No....
WILLIE MAYS I wanted to get involved in some theater group. I came down and tried out and they accepted me.
DIANE DEAN I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston,...
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EDDIE CANTOR I came to love, I came into my own.
THEODORE ROETHKE I respected everyone, and I think they wanted me to be me. They thought I was crazy when I wanted to...
CONSTANTINE MAROULIS As an artist, I feel so fortunate to be able to learn from all these great musicians that came befor...
KIESZA We were supposed to grow old together, Dolores. Have kids. Take walks under old trees. I wanted to w...
DENNIS LEHANE HARD LESSONS. We wanted to bring groups together on common areas.
LARRY COHEN I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then when they took her away, it hit me. I g...
NAT KING COLE The extremists wanted to divide France; it came together.
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ANDY KAUFMAN I knew a few people from Barry when I was at college. They had a lot of real nice things to say abou...
BRAD PAGE I wanted what most people wanted—love, companionship.
I wanted someone to touch. I wanted som...
CHLOE NEILL When I stepped into the box, I felt the at-bat belonged to me. Everybody else was there for my conve...
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CHRIS BEYER We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, b...
MARC MORIAL I just know God completely and totally protected me, most importantly protected my children.
DONNA KULFAN My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for...
DAMIAN LEWIS When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else.
OSCAR WILDE We were all talking about it when we came into the dugout. He's Barry Bonds. I don't know how he hit...
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WILL ADVISE I came to feel an artist might use anything - a dot, a line, the most conventional or unconventional...
MARCEL DUCHAMP When I used to watch comedians with my dad, he laid it all out for me. He wanted to be a comedian hi...
ROSEANNE BARR In the beginning, Barry and I couldn't decide if we were going got go forward with the name of the B...
ROBIN GIBB It surprised me how quickly things came together. A lot of organizations stepped up to help. They kn...
JASON PETERSON I wanted people to trust me, despite anything they'd heard. And more than that, I wanted them to kno...
JAY ASHER I had always wanted a watch. Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the ru...
JEANNETTE WALLS My teammates were so encouraging. They wanted me to get better and they helped me feel better.
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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