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Bjarne Riis

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I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES I used to dash by, feeling like a dartboard, a big red bull's-eye that Mother pinged darts at.
THE HELP I sat in the study parlor and wrote for hours-mostly term papers but also short stories, bad poetry,...
THE HELP I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart....
P.C. CAST We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL The Doctor: This is bad, I don't like this. [kicks console and yells in pain] Never use force, you j...
STEVEN MOFFAT It was because they were two parts of a whole. He did not belong to her. And she did not belong to h...
RENEE AHDIEH Cease with the displays of false modesty. The entire palace knows about it."
A feeling of warmt...
RENEE AHDIEH Do you know why I adore roses?" Shahrzad untied the knot of his tikka sash with deliberate slowness....
RENEE AHDIEH Where were you?" Shahrzad tried to control the tremor in her voice.
"Not where I should have b...
RENEE AHDIEH As always. As ever. As a rose to the sun.
RENEE AHDIEH Rose: 'If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?'
Doctor: 'Lots of pl...
RUSSELL T. DAVIES The warm sound of her laughter stole through Khalid's skin, heating the coldest reaches of his soul.
RENEE AHDIEH Forever is a long long time and time has a way of changing things
WALT DISNEY COMPANY When we put LIVE backwards it spells EVIL, interesting how one word can have two totally opposing me...
GARY F EVANS... I love you." she whispered into the rough wool of his sweater.
L.J. SMITH And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three,...
MONTY PYTHON I make mistakes. That's what I do. I
speak without thinking, I act without
knowing. I d...
CANDACE BUSHNELL The young gentlemen who came calling seemed especially puzzling. They sat in their velvet shirts and...
PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP Then there is the other secret. There isn't any symbolysm [sic]. The sea is the sea. The old man is ...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY When he has disappeared, Mother clears her throat. I don't turn around and look at her in the rockin...
KATHYRN STOCKETT Don't you let him cheapen you.
KATHYRN STOCKETT Find I can get my point across a lot better writing them down
KATHRYN STOCKETT I slip off my flats and walk down the front porch steps, while Mother calls out for me to put my sho...
KATHRYN STOCKETT If chocolate was a sound, it would've been Constantine's voice singing. If singing was a color, it w...
KATHRYN STOCKETT And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And s...
KATHRYN STOCKETT Bosoms are for bedrooms and breastfeeding.
KATHRYN STOCKETT That's the way prayer do. It's like electricity, it keeps things going.
KATHRYN STOCKETT The Doctor: 'You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, but you really think th...
STEVEN MOFFAT Amy Pond: 'I thought... well, I started to think you were just a madman with a box.'
The Doctor...
STEVEN MOFFAT What is the Other?" they ask.
The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ...
PAULO COELHO If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they ...
ANTHONY ROBBINS Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you'...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commerc...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I don't think she's a lesbian. I think she just ran out of men. [Charlotte]
SEX AND THE CITY When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. I...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am very curvy, so the vintage stores suit me better than most designers. I just can't seem to ...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I have quite a lot of plastic sunglasses. It's just a nice accessory, it adds a final thing, and...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life gro...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so tr...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an ...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like so...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like tha...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star ha...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Love is really my nemesis. I never really allowed myself to indulge in such basic things because I w...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Britney Spears is a big influence. Huge. I think people thought I was joking about that for a long t...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford]
SEX AND THE CITY I criticized the whole American songwriting industry and the pop side of it and I was bitter about i...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I often take things I find in vintage crawls and hand them to a very good seamstress, who then repli...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I've read every Madonna biography. I've also looked up every pop star to see how they first ...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Oh my God, she's fashion road-kill!
SEX AND THE CITY I love you, but I love myself more.
SEX AND THE CITY Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had ne...
SEX AND THE CITY Desperate Housewives.
SEX AND THE CITY Sean (while ice-skating with Carrie): I'm guessing it's easier to balance when you're not smoking.Ca...
SEX AND THE CITY I want you to look at me, connect with me. This is lovemaking, it's not a porno flick. [Maria]
SEX AND THE CITY I once was broken up with by a guy's doorman. 'I'm sorry Ms. Hobbes, Jonathan won't be coming down. ...
SEX AND THE CITY I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the worl...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playi...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't war...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS It's a slippery slope, Carrie. Without boundaries you never know what might happen. [Miranda]
SEX AND THE CITY the sort of person who'd back Proposition 14.
SEX AND THE CITY A stud is born! [Stanford]
SEX AND THE CITY Maybe we should get married.[Charlotte] Alrighty.[Trey]
SEX AND THE CITY My Zen teacher also said: the only way to true happiness is to live in the moment and not worry abou...
SEX AND THE CITY Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story.
SEX AND THE CITY No lady likes to dance or dine, accompanied by a porcupine. Burma Shave.
SEX AND THE CITY I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS What's the big mystery? It's my vagina, not the sphinx! [Miranda]
SEX AND THE CITY My style icons are Leigh Lezark, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson.
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not relig...
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm masquerading as an innocent pop star.
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS the lights fade to black.
SEX AND THE CITY Yeah, I would love to. I don't know if I'd do another singing one.
SEX AND THE CITY Bellhop: "this is a non-smoking floor."Carrie: "I have an addiction sir!"
SEX AND THE CITY F*** me badly once, shame on you. F*** me badly twice, shame on me.
SEX AND THE CITY Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni a...
SEX AND THE CITY I knew I wanted a handbag, but they were so pricey. I love Marc Jacobs.
SEX AND THE CITY All other documents in the Getty's possession that could in any way be relevant to the Italian inves...
SEX AND THE CITY 'Rome' vital to HBO TV empire.
SEX AND THE CITY Sex and the City.
SEX AND THE CITY Suicide is not glamorous and should not be portrayed in a glamorous light.
SEX AND THE CITY When an opportunity comes, I don't question it. I grab it, drop its ring on the nightstand and swing...
SEX AND THE CITY Having money isn't the answer but it makes your life a hell of a lot nicer. If you have the choice t...
SEX AND THE CITY Despite the fact that there are over eight million people on the island of Manhattan, there are time...
SEX AND THE CITY When Charlotte really liked somebody she said their whole name. It helped her picture their future m...
SEX AND THE CITY I love you but it's not my job to fix your finances. [Charlotte]
SEX AND THE CITY It took me a really long time to get here, but I'm here. Carrie, you're the one. [Mr.Big]
SEX AND THE CITY Life is not all about sex. [Samantha]
SEX AND THE CITY When Charles Dickens wrote "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," I believe he must ...
SEX AND THE CITY From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is. [Samantha]
SEX AND THE CITY Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
SEX AND THE CITY Maybe all men are a drug. Sometimes they bring you down and sometimes, like now, they get you so hig...
SEX AND THE CITY My character, she's kind of gotten away with her looks, gotten away with her ability to charm people...
SEX AND THE CITY I admit it's tempting to wish for the perfect boss - the perfect parent - or the perfect outfit. But...
SEX AND THE CITY Charlotte: So how are you?
Carrie: I'm good. How are you?
Charlotte: Great.
Carrie: I to...
SEX AND THE CITY I had often fantasized about running into my ex and his wife. But in those fantasies, I was running ...
SEX AND THE CITY From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is. [Samantha]
SEX AND THE CITY

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It's certain that the Alps are going to be the decider.
BJARNE RIIS He has a very nice position on the bike, which makes him go very fast. I wouldn't say it's the best ...
BJARNE RIIS Jakob is in his best shape ever and rode a really amazing world championships. It was a shame the br...
BJARNE RIIS To have CSC here is very important because we have an American sponsor, ... This team has a certain ...
BJARNE RIIS I think Linus would've liked to stay on with the team next year, but I don't feel it would be feasib...
BJARNE RIIS First of all, he's able to ride faster than most of the others.
BJARNE RIIS We are very happy to have Marcus on our team for next season. He is a really good rider, who has the...
BJARNE RIIS He won't be riding in the spring classics.
BJARNE RIIS How can it be that Denmark has only three riders in the road race and Britain has six?
BJARNE RIIS Since he joined us his career has blossomed like I've never seen before,
BJARNE RIIS Ivan, ... is a professional, always.
BJARNE RIIS Ivan Basso has also signed for three more years and will be our team leader in future editions of th...
BJARNE RIIS We're very close to having all contracts finalized, and it's a pleasure to be so far ahead in the pl...
BJARNE RIIS We want him to stay and he wants to stay with us, but from my point of view, he's asking for too muc...
BJARNE RIIS This team's fate probably depends a lot on me. But is it so terribly wrong that they become extras i...
BJARNE RIIS I think we'll ride fast tomorrow. It's our goal to win this [team] time trial.
BJARNE RIIS It hasn't been an easy decision for Thomas, but I respect it because I know it's well thought throug...
BJARNE RIIS I strongly believe that we have the correct balance to make a serious impact on this year's race. We...
BJARNE RIIS It was a shame Carlos didn't make it when Heras attacked,
BJARNE RIIS Primarily he is a reinforcement to our classics team, but he is a rider, who has the ability to make...
BJARNE RIIS When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred ...
JACOB RIIS Some defeats are only installments to victory.
JACOB RIIS Basically I am interrested in friendship, sex, and death.
SHARON RIIS The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense.
JACOB RIIS I'd look at one of my stonecutters hammering away at the rock, perhaps a hundred times without a...
JACOB RIIS Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crac...
JACOB RIIS When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred ...
JACOB RIIS When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred ...
JACOB RIIS It is through the Boys' Club that the street is hardest hit. In the fight for the lad, it is the Clu...
JACOB RIIS The slum is the measure of civilization
JACOB RIIS [This will remain so after Hurricane Katrina disappears from the front pages of our newspapers.] Lon...
JACOB RIIS The slum is the measure of civilization.
JACOB RIIS First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfa...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP I have always wished for a computer that would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish came true....
BJARNE STROUSTRUP C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away y...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP I also hope that C++ implementation vendors will spend a slightly larger fraction of their budgets o...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become se...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces,...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP Defining OO as based on the use of class hierarchies and virtual functions is also practical in that...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP Consequently, a general-purpose programming language should support a variety of ways of thinking an...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away y...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP There's an old story about the person who wished his computer was as easy to use as his telephone. T...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the e...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is pa...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP It is easy to study the rules of overloading and of templates without noticing that together they ar...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP Personally, I look forward to better tools for analyzing C++ source code.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP Thus, the standard library will serve as both a tool and as a teacher.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true bec...
BJARNE STROUSTRUP Proof by analogy is fraud.
BJARNE STROUSTRUP We are decent 99 percent of the time, when we could easily be vile.
R. W. RIIS