In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.
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LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.'
ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha...
ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu...
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ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au...
ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
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ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media.
ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive.
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ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken.
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ZARA PHILLIPS I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one.
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WALLIS SIMPSON Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting.
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BOB KAHN Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the fir...
HERMAN KAHN Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality.
HERMAN KAHN He who attacks must vanquish. He who defends must merely survive.
MASTER KAHN All words are part true and part false.
MASTER KAHN Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to hi...
LOUIS KAHN architecture is...
LOUIS KAHN To express is to drive.And when you want to give something presence, you have to consult nature.And ...
LOUIS KAHN Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.
LOUIS KAHN Hamburg celebrated like they had already won the championship. But we are still top and let's see wh...
OLIVER KAHN We greatly support the idea of helping people with diabetes better manage their disease. We also are...
RICHARD KAHN A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters wi...
HERMAN KAHN We're exempted, but we're voluntarily doing it.
MAUREEN KAHN From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth...
HERMAN KAHN In terms of dangers, such as viruses, fraud or identity theft, I don't think we were thinking ab...
BOB KAHN I think that regardless of whether or not there's a downturn, people want their children to have wha...
AL KAHN It should be our largest property.
AL KAHN You may have heard that a dean is to faculty as a hydrant is to a dog
ALFRED KAHN Nobody could fly an airplane commercially on any route without specific permission from the Civil Ae...
ALFRED KAHN We are thrilled to serve as the partner of choice and act as the vehicle for Microsoft to broaden it...
ALFRED KAHN