I would be more wary of boxing a pretty boxer than I would one that looks like they have been bashed up a bit because the pretty boxer obviously doesn't get hit - so that means they must be quite good!
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Related It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit. OLIVIER MARTINEZ There's always that stigma of, 'Women shouldn't box,' or stereotypes of what a femal... MANDY BUJOLD I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing. FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. I was a pretty ordinary boxer amateur boxer compared to others and I only won one Canadian champions... ERIC LUCAS I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit. FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, ... CONOR MCGREGOR I thought that he would have been a better boxer than a football player, because being a football pl... ED ZBIKOWSKI I like 'em. They seem to be pretty good personalities. It's a lot looser than I thought it would be,... JIM LEYLAND I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I me... MARK MCGRATH The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because i... GERRY COONEY He got a good one. If he was a boxer, they would have called the fight. I don't know how many (stitc... BILL SELF If I was a boxer, I would bounce those things like Sugar Ray Leonard! LIAR LIAR You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard. USHER I would prefer obviously that they hadn't gotten injured, but we're a pretty deep team, and the othe... LEO WEIL The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS When I walk for a designer, I walk the ramp as Vijender Singh, the boxer. I believe that by doing so... VIJENDER SINGH I love having that kind of competition and that kind of talent because obviously that means we have ... HUE JACKSON Greg White got a boxer because I said I was getting one. I was talking about getting a boxer since b... GAINES ADAMS We all die, it's a fact that today you aren't here, yesterday you weren't here doesn't mean that tom... DEYTH BANGER I would like to be a heart surgeon or brain surgeon... something with that knowledge and the ability... LUKE BRYAN I would assume it would be pretty soon, obviously, because they probably want to get it done as soon... DREW BREES It would have been better before the boom, because buildings are obviously coming down at a pretty g... KARL NURSE I didn't feel like it (the thigh muscle) was going to go again so it's feeling pretty good. It's bee... ANDREW SYMONDS Last year we got ragged on quite a bit, but I thought we were pretty good. The difference is this ye... JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind w... LAILA ALI I started boxing when I was 5 years old because my father was a boxer. He taught me how to fight. MANNAA MANNAA The bad guys probably get the better lines, don't they? And they wear less spandex. That would b... DAVID TENNANT People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they - at least the ones that... WINONA RYDER I fought a boxer who everybody said I couldn't beat - Sugar Ray Leonard. They said he was faster... ROBERTO DURAN I don't think it's really a term you would come across in boxing. I have a friend who is a boxer who... AIMEE MANN They tend to be pretty abstract ones then, like doing what will have the best consequences; obviousl... PETER SINGER In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think... EDDIE MURPHY With experience in boxing, you learn how to be a scientific boxer and how to fight easy. MANNY PACQUIAO I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my favorite films, as a boy, were those great boxing... HOLT MCCALLANY It seemed a pretty good result. People would have been a bit nervous after the Origin retail result,... JASON MABEE The adoption of gloves for all contests will do more to preserve the practice of boxing than any oth... JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that su... MUHAMMAD ALI We'd always said boxers shouldn't lift weights. Now I realize some champion boxer started th... GEORGE FOREMAN I think they are a pretty good team. They have so much tradition there. The last two years the talen... GARY SWENSON If they were basketball players, Lamont would be Michael Jordan and Anthony would be Dominique Wilki... BARRY HUNTER To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up. JOYCE CAROL OATES The mindset of chasing that next #1 record doesn't exist for me anymore. It's more about bei... DONNY OSMOND We have been pretty fortunate...we do quite a bit of training on driving and how you should be drivi... DON ANDERSON I haven't had the most thrilling lifestyle. I was a pretty good dresser, but I would have a pret... PATTI SMITH I'm quite bullish. We're coming up on year 15 of a flat stock market. Historically that'... MARC ANDREESSEN Nakata was pretty good. Of course, one hit would have changed everything. AKINOBU OKADA If they think I'm better at commentating than I was as a player, then I must be pretty darned go... JOHN MCENROE On the one hand, I always get the young ingenue, pretty parts. But I don't think of myself that ... AMY CARLSON Trading has been pretty steady so it looks as though it's been a good Boxing Day for retailers aroun... BARRY HELLBERG I thought they did pretty good. That was better than I thought we would do. I think it helped having... JEFF ROEBUCK I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER I didn't grow up thinking I was pretty; there was always a prettier girl than me. So I learned t... KERRY WASHINGTON I've been reading their love letters, and I can tell you that every one of us would want to have a l... LISA TANZARELLO I like working with kids. Nothing frustrates me more than a young person with all the good intention... FRANK MERRILL He wasn't a boxer, but that's a general term that we would use to denote changes in the brain of a d... CYRIL WECHT Syria and Iran have always had a pretty tight relationship, and it looks to me like they just cooked... MITCH MCCONNELL Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to ... EVANDER HOLYFIELD To be honest, I find going out pretty scary and intimidating. Got all those people checking you out,... WENTWORTH MILLER I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm gr... GARY LINEKER Take any person, put them in the wrong environment, and they can get off to some pretty bad things. ... GUY SPIER Growing up, I didn't get the talk of 'Make sure boys take you on a date and treat you right.... MEGHAN TRAINOR For the short term it looks like the worst is over. Yes prices are higher, but they are going down a... CLAES FORNELL It's kind of like an old boxer. When somebody rings a bell, they jump up ready to fight. JIM FERREE I think you must be running away from something pretty enormous if you don't want to see a perso... GREG WISE Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help. THOM GUNN He's just an all around dirty fighter. I can't stress that enough, he's just dirty. He's always been... JERMAIN TAYLOR I know they have a lot of team speed. Their linebacker (C.J Lee) looks pretty good, and they have so... ANTHONY ALLEN I couldn't love a movie much more than 'Dazed and Confused.' I would argue that 'Daz... ROB THOMAS I would think flying would be pretty cool. You would be able to fly away from all your enemies and g... RANDY JOHNSON In order to understand the mindset of a boxer, I needed to become a boxer myself. EDGAR RAMIREZ I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty c... ORLANDO BLOOM He was still crude. But I knew he was a tough kid when he came to the gym making a late start in box... JACK LOEW I was locating it pretty much wherever I wanted to [while warming up]. I felt pretty good. It really... CORY HENRY I didn't hear any excuses or any people say they weren't shopping like they usually would because of... STEVE PERRY I don't know if you guys have ever kissed anybody in real life, but it doesn't always go as ... JORDAN GAVARIS I thought it would be a good call. I thought they would be released and I thought that they would be... GRACIA BURNHAM Just one statement would be: missed opportunities. We didn't get that one big hit, that stolen base ... ADAM EATON Most of my teachers didn't like me. I didn't get good grades because I pretty much lived at ... TREVOR MOORE I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a ... SAMUEL BARBER I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty. DIANE KRUGER Our fans have to look pretty hard to find us, ... We would like to get a little bit more consistency... CAROLYN BIVENS I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most peop... IRIS DEMENT 'I Am Legend' is quite unusual for its time. I just wanted to write a story about female box... RICHARD MATHESON I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than... ALAN SHEPARD I do think that I'm not good at making pretty things. It doesn't come so naturally for me. MARLENE DUMAS It looks like it's going to be a pretty strong team. They may be young, but I think they're going to... KATHY CUMMINGS To portray not only a boxer but a boxer like Roberto Duran, I needed to understand all the difficult... EDGAR RAMIREZ I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happ... HOLT MCCALLANY Eternity before I met you is nothing compared with the eternity of being without you after I have di... PRETTY The message was always, 'It's good to be pretty, but don't look like you're trying t... RAE CARSON I've ended up on some website list or some other list for super right-wing people. They've b... JACK ANTONOFF No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they'... MARILYN MONROE Once I found these sticker things for your nails - Sally Hansen - those were really fun to do. They&... GIA COPPOLA It's an album that is a little bit different and probably isn't easy to get out. It's no... BILLY SHERWOOD We came up here to get experience and play really good teams. And we have a chance to finish 3-1. Th... DENNIS MURPHY Those ads did push the envelope quite a little bit, and they got wrapped up in the whole (Jackson) c... MARLENE COULIS Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're... ZAYN MALIK I don't know if I can put a percentage on it. It's tough to say. Some days are a little better than ... LEE HUMPHREY As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skill... JIM EVANS No matter what, like, I couldn't - I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and ... RYAN LOCHTE
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NICOLA YOON The trouble with getting your hopes too far up is: it's a long way down. NICOLA YOON You can't predict the future. It turns out that you can't predict the past either. Time moves in bot... NICOLA YOON The art of tea, whichever way you drink it, or whichever country you are from, has one underlining t... NICOLA SALTER Sometimes your world shakes so hard, it's difficult to imagine that everyone else isn't feeling it t... NICOLA YOON I can only say we were trying to do whatever we could to help Rachel's voice be heard, This is far t... JAMES NICOLA We have asked ... if we can do the play next season. JAMES NICOLA Late twenties, single, female. Do the math. Flirty flings were fabulous until you hit the big t... NICOLA MARSH You thought I didn’t notice the way you two looked at each other? I may be old but I’m not blind... NICOLA MARSH All pomp and show.” Anjali’s glare at the house would’ve exploded bricks if she’d had superh... NICOLA MARSH Ocean: The endless part of yourself you never knew but always suspected was there. -Madeline (... NICOLA YOON Maybe we can't predict everything, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going... NICOLA YOON And she was really good at that: even since she was a little girl, she could eliminate the hours, kn... NICOLA LECCA I've read many, many books involving heartache. Not one has ever described it as little. Soul-shatte... NICOLA YOON Doomed love is a part of life. NICOLA YOON I want to say something, not just something, but the perfect thing to comfort him, to make him forge... NICOLA YOON Love is a terrible thing and its loss is even worse. Love is a terrible thing and I want nothin... NICOLA YOON There's more to life than being alive. NICOLA YOON My heart is too bruised and I want to keep the pain as a reminder. I don't want sunlight on it. I do... NICOLA YOON Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is ... NICOLA YOON For the first time in a long time, I want more than I have. NICOLA YOON Sometimes you do things for the right reasons and sometimes for the wrong ones and sometimes it’s ... NICOLA YOON How can I live the rest of my life in this bubble now that I know all that I’m missing? NICOLA YOON You can’t just make people fall in love, right? Love is way more complicated than that. It’s not... NICOLA YOON I didn't know you this morning, and now I don't remember not knowing you. NICOLA YOON I was happy before I met him. But I’m alive now, and those are not the same thing. NICOLA YOON What colour are your eyes? Olly (O): blue Madeline (M): Be more specific please O: ... NICOLA YOON Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself. NICOLA YOON There are still some perceptions that attendees would do nothing but play while they are here. It's ... MARINA NICOLA We had the economy. We had the Iraqi war. We had SARS. Those things took a huge chunk out of the num... MARINA NICOLA Reason itself is fallible, and this fallibility must find a place in our logic NICOLA ABBAGNANO It can be quite tricky to get kids to drink enough fluids, but children starting school need to drin... NICOLA GRAIMES Let the [political forces] guarantee support for the investigation which the judiciary is carrying o... NICOLA CALIPARI Less than 48 hours from the beginning of the summit there remains real risk that major agreements wi... NICOLA REINDORP It's a hard concept to hold on to--the idea that there was a time before us. A time before time. NICOLA YOON We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane ... NICOLA YOON We introduce a balloon of half a liter volume (about a pint) in the stomach and inflate it so it tak... DR. NICOLA BASSO Accomplishing our life and health goals consist of a series of a step-at-a-time decisions. When we c... NICOLA COMPTON-JAMES Attaining and maintaining optimal health is a series of a-step-at-a-time decisions. When we consiste... NICOLA COMPTON-JAMES If God has called you, He will equip you! NICOLA COMPTON-JAMES