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- John Kenneth Galbraith

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In business it is most often all about getting your foot in the door and once you do, everything opens up and things start to naturally progress into bigger and more opportunities. - Lori Greiner

The perception of identity is so intimately bound up with the perception of the human form. - David Hanson

One might almost say that the history of geographical discovery, properly so called, begins with Captain Cook, the motive of whose voyages was purely scientific curiosity. - Joseph Jacobs

Yet did that Antiochus, who was also called Dionysius, become an origin of troubles again. - Flavius Josephus

The fate of Syria hangs in the balance, but it is entirely possible that the fall of the Assad regime will result in anarchy and cause Syria to turn into a second Afghanistan, a base for anti-Israel terrorism. - Martin Van Creveld

I spent a lot of my infancy in hospital and actually started school in a wheelchair with this enormous plaster, and then into a surgical boot and callipers, none of which helps assimilation with other children. - David Starkey

Analysis of soil, grave goods and skeletons has been key to our understanding of archaeology and the migration of peoples, as well as their daily lives. But in mainstream history, we tend to stick to documents. - Kate Williams

States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking. - Victor Davis Hanson

An effeminate education weakens both the mind and the body. - Edgar Quinet

The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose. - Mark Lawrenson

I would like to thank Barcelona for putting their trust in me and my future abilities. - Claudio Bravo

My whole family is from Santos. Since I was little, I grew up watching this. I was becoming a player and I always dreamed of playing for Santos, but I went to Manchester. I got older, then everyone said, 'Why won't you play for our Santos?' I want to go, but I can't now. I want to play football in Europe, and then I'll go. - Andreas Pereira

I know Italy very well and I know what gets said, written and speculated about there. I'm used to it. - Stephan Lichtsteiner

For a long time at Blackburn and at Fulham last season, I was playing on the right wing. I've never seen myself as a right-winger. I could play there and come inside and try to create. - Tom Cairney

I didn't speak much Italian. I did a few courses so I knew a bit before I got there but you have to be there to learn. When I went out for lunch or dinner on my own it was very complicated to order. I spent two months eating the same thing. I always asked for spaghetti carbonara and a fizzy drink. Then I had to diet to lose the weight I gained. - Felipe Anderson

People ask me what it's like scoring a goal. Well, think of the best thing that could happen to you and times it by 10. - Charlie Austin

I always had a dream of coming here to play in the Premier League so, for me, it's a dream come true. - Victor Lindelof

I had a few teams after me, but when I heard Reading were interested I didn't think about other teams. - Reece Oxford

I go to the beach with some family. I like to go there because I'm alone and I can think. - Pablo Mari

Sergio Aguero, everyone knows how good his finishing is, but to play up against him... these top players, until I played against them I didn't realise how good they were. - Neil Etheridge

Being a young player arriving at a big club is great. It's something that really helps me on the way. - Eric Bailly

To have a player like Harry Kane is unbelievable because he gives us security. He makes us feel safe because he has character and is the best striker. - Paulo Gazzaniga

So I feel like if I'm with the best players, it's easier to develop myself to be honest. - Sergino Dest

But when I joined up with England I felt lucky to be there, and it was the same at Liverpool. And when I look back now I realise I lost something mentally as a player, by allowing that to happen. - Rickie Lambert

Sometimes you can get distracted by figures that are thrown out there and you're doing things you wouldn't normally try to do. - Sean Longstaff

I know friends who took what I call the easy way and some of them are now dead, or in jail, because they were involved in bad things. - Davinson Sanchez

Pre-season is a lot of hard work and no player really enjoys it, but you look forward to the start of the season when the competitive games start. - Roberto Di Matteo

I am a happy man. I am no longer out on the pitch but I still live in the football world. - Eusebio

Maradona was absolutely the best player I ever played with. - Mario Kempes

When I was a player the mentality was black people would make good players but weren't captain material or managerial material. That stereotyping existed. - Chris Hughton

I want my children to have a normal life and not face racism and their children's children. - Patrick van Aanholt

Luckily, I have a thing inside me that I wake up and I am happy every day. But boys and girls want to live the dream and are looking at everything you do on a day-to-day basis. - Robert Snodgrass

I always wanted to experience 50 games at least in a season because all the top players in the world, they do that every year. - Aaron Mooy

When I joined Newcastle, at the beginning it was difficult. During pre-season, there was no Ramadan and I also didn't score then. So it's a myth. It was about getting into the team, knowing the players better and how they play. My team-mates also have to understand how I play and move. - Demba Ba

I've spent my entire adulthood in pro football. - Jason Witten

I grew up in the '90s loving the basketball sneakers, and that's where fashion really started for me. - Travis Kelce

They gave me my career. Coach O and LSU resurrected my career and made me what I am today. - Joe Burrow

You know what, every decision I make is in the best interest of my brand. - Vernon Davis

You put a lot of work into something, a lot of time, a lot of sacrifices, and the time you put in, you want the same result from it. - Mohamed Sanu

It's awesome to have the fans come up and say, 'Hey, Duck, what's up?' When people call me Devlin, it catches me by surprise. - Devlin Hodges

Coming out at the Theatre of Dreams is unbelievable. I'll always love it and never get used to the sound of the fans. - Daniel James

After the NFLPA game, coaches were coming up to me and saying, 'We didn't even know who you were, we didn't even know your name; we weren't supposed to be even looking at you, but man, we have no choice.' And, like, the NFLPA game, I wasn't even invited until the last minute. - Shaquill Griffin

Obviously, ESPN, that Monday Night gig is a big deal. You don't just easily dismiss that. - Greg Olsen

I have to be honest with myself, and make sure I am doing things the right way. - Andy Dalton

I just have to play smart and play the best I can. I think that will be plenty good enough. - Davis Webb

Sometimes things just pop up right in front of your face and you have to take advantage of it. - Stephen Gostkowski

When I am at work, there is no need for me to deliver anything but results. - Fabio Capello

Of course you have Messi and Ronaldo. And then you've got a lot of players who are very close to each other and I think Gareth Bale is one of them, like at the level of the best teams in the world. He could play for every team in the world. For me he's a world class player. - Jan Vertonghen

When you can attack legislation and get laws and the system changed, that's going to bring a real impact, but we can't expect that to happen overnight. - Jason McCourty

I could have become a distraction, pointed fingers, complained, or I could have just worked hard and been prepared, knowing I'm one play from getting in. And that's the road I've taken. - Matt Leinart

I don't want to be one of those players that gets the contract and the main focus is on him. - LeSean McCoy

I actually don't bake too often, but I love eating baked goods! - Jesse Palmer

I can never rest. I need to always do more. I always want to do more. I'm never going to be satisfied. That's it: Never be satisfied. - Terrell Suggs

The type of working hours you put in sometimes is overlooked. The diet. The little sacrifices that you take from your family, people don't take that into account. - Marquise Goodwin

The hot tub is my best friend. - Charles Woodson

When everybody starts a company, they are so energized and passionate about it. And what happens is that a lot of times maybe that's not sustainable. - Tobin Heath

The thing that made me happy is you live to see the next day and you get an opportunity to do it again. - Vernon Davis

Get out of the house. A lot of kids play video games and aren't active, and that's one thing I like to do - keep them active and having fun, interacting with other kids. - Mohamed Sanu

If you'd have asked me five or six years ago when I first got the name, I'd have thought this is wild, a quarterback named Duck, but now it's cool. - Devlin Hodges

Guys every year across the league look for new contracts. That's just the business in the NFL. - Greg Olsen

Whatever you do during the regular season doesn't matter once you get to the playoffs. - Andy Dalton

My opportunity, when it ever does come, I want to be ready. But my job, my role, and that's not going to change, is to be the best teammate I can be. - Davis Webb

I like classy women: Virna Lisi, Catherine Deneuve. - Fabio Capello

Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie are two of the best strikers in the league and the reason I came to the Premier League was to play against people like them. - Jan Vertonghen

In L.A., when I was there, I really felt beloved. But the minute you get out of there, it's like everyone else hates you. - Matt Leinart

I can't let distractions get in the way. - LeSean McCoy

In 'Law and Order,' that wasn't a real stretch; I had to play an athlete and I had like four lines. - Jesse Palmer

When you're not sleeping, you're not thinking straight. - Judd Trump

When I have a good pair of shoes, I wear them over and over. Whether it's nice sneakers or a cool pair of combat boots, splurge on a pair you love that you can wear over and over with totally different outfits. - Bethany Mota

I found a vlogger named William Sledd who talked about his life - it was very minimal edits. It was one of those things where I discovered him, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm obsessed with him.' I felt like I was friends with him. And he was a huge inspiration for why I made my first video. - Tyler Oakley

I bought a crystal ball, and I wanted to use it, but I didn't know how, and I wouldn't use it until I developed a technique to use it that was truthful. - Michael Moschen

I want it to be remembered that Ozzy was the first celebrity who was brave enough to open up his private life to the public. He was the first. - Sharon Osbourne

Indeed it can be argued that to make a powerful film you must care about the subject, therefore powerful films tend to be both political and partisan in nature. - Ben Edwards

We've gotten quite creative with our use of explosives... It's almost like an art form, rather than just blowing crap up. - Jamie Hyneman

I wasn't making it with the violin because I was playing all of the 'long hair' stuff. - Louis Prima

I might not earn loads, but I can proudly say that I've travelled the world, met the Queen and flown with the Red Arrows. - Helen Skelton

I'm really proud that we have so many companies on the same stage, putting competition aside to share a first look at where games are going in 2019 and beyond. That's something a lot of awards shows don't do. We think the urgency and excitement around that drives a lot of viewers. - Geoff Keighley

I've straightened my hair for many years. I've never felt comfortable wearing my hair natural on air. - Joy Taylor

We try to entertain first, advertise second. When you find out that it's sponsored, we've already won you over. We try to make it obvious that the brand has made it better. - Charles Lincoln Neal

I am an emotional guy. I try to be very honest. - Jim Ross

I act like a kid, and I feel like I need to grow up a little bit. A little bit. Not too much. - Kian Lawley

Out here, everything is bigger. You see strange things, and that changes you. - Art Bell

There is a dream on the street. I hear it constantly - finding a piece of land, raising food, building a house. I hear talk of hopelessness. The price of land, you know. Housing is impossible. They are trapped in a cycle. How can you ask for a job after you've been sleeping in the bushes all night? - Tom Noddy

If I produce a 450-pound Bengal tiger, it's going to create a lot more wonder than if I produce a rabbit. - Doug Henning

Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it. - Jack Paar

Topics that are hard to talk about can be difficult for a lot of people, but it's important that we make sure we're addressing difficult topics/issues so it doesn't become the norm. - Eva Gutowski

My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do. - Nik Wallenda

You go to work, tape five shows in one day and then go home and play golf for the rest of the week and then start the week all over. I thought if something like that came along, I'd love to do that. - Wink Martindale

I try to eat healthy, but being Belgian, I'm also addicted to chocolate. - Pattie Maes

American museums have become cautious, because it is very hard to get money to do something different or controversial. - Pontus Hulten

There are times in your life where you need to make vital choices. - Brigitte Macron

As long as Florida remains a swing state, Cuban exiles in Florida will remain a very powerful voting bloc. - Joshua A. Tucker

The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations. That was never the intent nor will the payment of reparations be the outcome. This is an effort designed to involve the campus community in a discovery of the meaning of our past. - Ruth J. Simmons

American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so. - Elizabeth A. Sherman

I'm constantly making exhibitions in my head. - Thelma Golden

While the debate over banned books usually seems to happen just outside the gates of government, it takes on a new danger and urgency when legislators get involved. Their actions cause voices to be silenced both inside and outside the books. That's un-American. - Terrance Hayes

I am very confident that the Spirit is with us. - William P. Leahy

Government is inevitably going to play a very significant role in infrastructure, and in a country with a federal system where vibrancy and economic health depend on interstate commerce, it's not going to be private enterprise or state governments that will give you things like an interstate highway system. - Norman Ornstein

No state legislature ever built a great university. - James E. Rogers

The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans. - David Smith

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