Mo Collins quote: "I find society's underlings and people with interesting idiosyncrasies the most watchable. But I also love to mimic people who are ego-driven and kind of go through the world like lions."

What do you do if you're an executive who resigns? You declare yourself a consultant.
MO IBRAHIM

I work so hard for what I do. To achieve what I have has taken me half of my life to be able to achi...
MO FARAH

To be labelled a cheat - it's not fair. If I'm a cheat, then prove I'm a cheat or just l...
MO FARAH

It has been a long journey, but if you dream and have the ambition and want to work hard, then you c...
MO FARAH

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.
MO IBRAHIM

Compared to developed countries, or even to some major emerging countries, burdened by aging populat...
MO IBRAHIM

I bruise like a grape.
MO ROCCA

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches peopl...
MO ROCCA

Educational opportunities have supported the rise of the African middle class, the professional cadr...
MO IBRAHIM

The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in busines...
MO IBRAHIM

If your body needs certain food, you have to give it to it. And as an athlete, if I'm doing 100 ...
MO FARAH

In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves yo...
MO IBRAHIM

In America... it's not divided, but with Trump now, it's like you are asking for trouble. We...
MO FARAH

One puts on black robes to scare the hell out of white people, while the other puts on white robes t...
MO UDALL

Any change or reform you make is going to have consequence you don't like.
MO UDALL

If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.
MO WILLEMS

If you can find something everyone agrees on, it's wrong.
MO UDALL

To be knighted, that would be amazing. I remember Alex Ferguson from Man Utd got it and Steve Redgra...
MO FARAH

We used to have food picked and used to have houses built and we used to have chicken properly proce...
MO BROOKS

Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oi...
MO IBRAHIM

I was running sub-13 minutes for 5,000 when I was still coached by Alan Storey, and I won double gol...
MO FARAH

For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is...
MO IBRAHIM

I've got four kids, so I plan ahead. I have to book flights far in advance, look at accommodatio...
MO FARAH

One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that.
MO ROCCA

The public do get behind me, and I love the crowd. When I'm ever in London, they give me massive...
MO FARAH

I work every day hard. I put my body through hell. Let me tell you, every year, seven months of the ...
MO FARAH

It is very difficult for any dictator or any incumbent to falsify the results of an election and jus...
MO IBRAHIM

I am just grateful I have a British passport and a country here.
MO FARAH

I think the way I am, the way I'm chilled out, has a lot to do with being Muslim and having fait...
MO FARAH

Sudan has been an experiment that resonated across Africa: if we, the largest country on the contine...
MO IBRAHIM

Mobile phones play a really wonderful role in enabling civil society. As well as empowering people e...
MO IBRAHIM

Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society.
MO IBRAHIM

Look at the international bodies that came out of U.N. - international, publicly funded bodies that ...
MO IBRAHIM

Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are re...
MO IBRAHIM

I have learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus. On a cactus, the pricks are on the outs...
MO UDALL

It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.
MO IBRAHIM

I wasn't a fighting kid or a causing-trouble kid. I was just one of those cheeky, crazy kids run...
MO FARAH

If I am lining up for a race, and I know there is someone there who cheats, it upsets me.
MO FARAH

I remember, in 1999, the first time I met Steve Cram, I didn't know who he was. It was only late...
MO FARAH

I go through a lot of painful things. There are sessions when I will be on my back afterwards, crawl...
MO FARAH

Nobody in Africa loves to be a beggar or a recipient of aid. Everywhere I go in Africa, people say, ...
MO IBRAHIM

Retail banking in Africa is very weak. You can't go to a village and get money from an ATM or vi...
MO IBRAHIM

After the sale of Celtel, I really wanted to give the money back, and I had a number of choices - to...
MO IBRAHIM

There's Kenyan guys who last year or two years ago were running for Kenya, and then they switche...
MO FARAH

A young imagination is bold, likes to make bigger leaps. It likes to, well, imagine that the dustbus...
MO ROCCA

I don't even have a small boat. I don't even have a toy boat in my bathtub. I don't have...
MO IBRAHIM

If economic progress is not translated into better quality of life and respect for citizens' rig...
MO IBRAHIM

I said to myself, 'I don't want to be coming sixth or seventh, and being the best in Britain...
MO FARAH

I watched as she, with a half-life-worth of anger and resolve, flickered into this dark night and tr...
MO DAVIAU

There's a time in everyone's career where you go, 'Ah, this is hard - how long am I goin...
MO FARAH

I've got such a sweet tooth. I do miss the U.K. where you get sticky toffee pudding or custard, ...
MO FARAH

If Sudan starts to crumble, the shock waves will spread.
MO IBRAHIM

Something that came as a shock to me is that we do not have a constitutional right to vote. And that...
MO ROCCA

All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is...
MO IBRAHIM

As an athlete you want to be able to choose something that you haven't already achieved. Is it d...
MO FARAH

Dubai is a safe place, and I never came across anything to worry about.
MO FARAH

There is so much to discover in Dubai.
MO FARAH

Remember, 2000 was the year of the dot-com bust. The telecom industry lost about $2 trillion in mark...
MO IBRAHIM

Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more...
MO YAN

I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don...
MO ROCCA

While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with eac...
MO ROCCA

I'm especially drawn to the sand dunes. I love driving around and exploring them by dune buggy.
MO FARAH

I have a Keurig coffee maker, which is really kind of a luxury. It was given to me by an ex. I reali...
MO ROCCA

I don't know much about politics, but you have to look at it with the bigger picture and think w...
MO FARAH

He's very emotional about these charges, ... He thinks they are absurd.
MO SHAOPING

The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for s...
MO UDALL

I used to get called 'Ferrari' when I was a kid because I was always running everywhere.
MO FARAH

Generally I get up at around 7. But oftentimes, I'll be lolling in bed a little bit earlier - so...
MO ROCCA

You get over your first love by falling in love with something new.
MO IBRAHIM

Of course, Nelson Mandela, everybody knows Nelson Mandela. I mean, he's a great gift not only fo...
MO IBRAHIM

This is where I started life. This is where I went to uni. This is where the people I know are. This...
MO FARAH

Look at my success. I didn't achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years' st...
MO FARAH

Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy.
MO ROCCA

Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.
MO YAN

Africa's success stories are delivering the whole range of the public goods and services that ci...
MO IBRAHIM

I could sit at home, watch TV, and go for the odd run. But to be the best, you have to make this sac...
MO FARAH

We don't have the money in America to keep paying for the education of everybody else's chil...
MO BROOKS

I left Sudan when I was 25 or 26 years old. If I had stayed, I would never have ended up being an en...
MO IBRAHIM

While the Marshall Plan was important for Europe's recovery, Europe's prosperity was really ...
MO IBRAHIM

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, ...
MO IBRAHIM

This is a sad day for all of us.
MO MOWLAM

It is serious but the security forces have the situation under control, and people are going to work...
MO MOWLAM

Those who killed Rosemary Nelson did so because they thought it would destroy the Good Friday agreem...
MO MOWLAM

We will stand by the basis of our document,
MO MOWLAM

There was no metaphorical gun at my head, ... Putting my case face-to-face, arguing it through with ...
MO MOWLAM

What we have to do, I think, is now have a little space -- a little time to talk to the parties and ...
MO MOWLAM

Many of us would like to make progress much quicker, ... But we have to bear in mind there are peopl...
MO MOWLAM

I welcome this important breakthrough and congratulate the Northern Ireland leaders and the Irish Re...
MO MOWLAM

I believe there is the determination and the will to do it and I believe we will have a good day,
MO MOWLAM

A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of hu...
MO YAN

Granted, we need to have a sound immigration policy that allows people into our country who are goin...
MO BROOKS

You look at the Pew Hispanic Center study on the number of illegal aliens in America and the number ...
MO BROOKS

In the state of Alabama we have a significant number of illegal aliens that are leaving our state as...
MO BROOKS

Almost every country in Africa has now instituted multi-party democracy.
MO IBRAHIM

The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these in...
MO IBRAHIM

TMBG is one of the main reasons I play accordion in the first place.
CORN MO

It was tremendous and it was good that the players went and acknowledged them. They were very vocal.
MO JOHNSTON

I bet your mom would let me."
-Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-
MO WILLEMS

A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because ...
MO WILLEMS

What drives me is winning medals and going out there and enjoying it.
MO FARAH

I love what I do. I want to continue winning medals.
MO FARAH

The decision ... was in the interests of public safety for the whole of Northern Ireland and I suppo...
MO MOWLAM

Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there t...
MO YAN

There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people.
MO IBRAHIM

Intimidation, harassment and violence have no place in a democracy.
MO IBRAHIM

My goal when I started was to play arenas with just my accordion.
CORN MO

Pepper Ann.
MO ROCCA

The last thing the people of Northern Ireland need now is an outbreak of recriminations,
MO MOWLAM

We applied to summon more witnesses to appear in court and review the evaluation conclusions. So the...
MO SHAOPING

It's important you think positively not negatively. Think about your loved ones and all the peop...
MO FARAH

Don’t swallow a scythe if your stomach isn’t curved
MO YAN

Strong winds eventually cease, unhappy families return to peace
MO YAN

a bright sun darkens, a full moon wanes, a full cup overflows, and decay follows prosperity
MO YAN

I always say, 'Books beat boredom,' said Amanda wisely.
MO WILLEMS

IF YOU CHOKE YOUR POTENTIAL BEFORE IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A POSSIBILITY YOU WILL NEVER REAC...
MO STEGALL

We didn't hold the lead and I told our team we should have come away with three points. It was a sil...
MO JOHNSTON

When things happen so fast you have to digest it and to be honest with you it's not really settled i...
MO JOHNSTON

There was a nice buildup of about six or seven passes and Eddie did a great job of keeping his compo...
MO JOHNSTON

I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them dow...
MO YAN

When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event i...
MO ROCCA

There are always exceptions,' replied Flea. 'They are what make you exceptional.
MO WILLEMS

Am I drunk?" he asked Crewcut.
"You're not drunk, Boss," Crewcut replied. "How could a superior...
MO YAN

Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa.
MO IBRAHIM

It's doesn't just come overnight, you've got to train for it and believe in yourself; th...
MO FARAH

IF YOU DON'T GO AFTER WHAT YOU WANT; YOU COULD SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE SETTLING FOR WHAT YOU CAN GET
MO STEGALL

Records are there to be broken. Lots of people would love to swap their world record for an Olympic ...
MO FARAH

No, no, no separate but equal... never the twain shall meet. And the pendulum kept swinging and it c...
MO ROCCA

Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, ac...
MO IBRAHIM

Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment.
MO IBRAHIM

Digital television, satellite radio, videogames, iPods - so much media. Do books even matter anymore...
MO ROCCA

I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.
MO FARAH

It triggers something in you as a human being because you forget what your parents did for you. But ...
MO FARAH

I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September, the bad pop star recor...
MO ROCCA

Think of all that hard work our founding fathers put in - the revolutionizing, the three-fifths comp...
MO ROCCA

Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail....
MO IBRAHIM

I can't control what other people do or say. I can only control the one vote I've been besto...
MO BROOKS

My sophomore year I spent exactly one day on the JV football team. It was the tryout day.
MO ROCCA

I'm in fact a hair under six feet, but I'm very svelte. People would never see me if I turne...
MO ROCCA

You have to have passion.
CORN MO

I kept telling my guys Venezuela would start missing. But they made a liar out of me because they ne...
MO MCHONE

I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism.
MO IBRAHIM

Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. ...
MO IBRAHIM

Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work togeth...
MO IBRAHIM

Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness.
MO ROCCA

Homemade sweaters are always itchy.
MO ROCCA

When I was young, there was only one TV channel, sponsored by the government, and it only broadcast ...
MO IBRAHIM

I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self...
MO ROCCA

Electoral turnout is falling among the young, and political apathy is on the rise.
MO IBRAHIM

The assaying of tea is an art and not a science. It is the man, and not his instruments, which is th...
TIMOTHY MO

And the moral for Dinosaurs is: Lock the Back Door!
MO WILLEMS

The first bowl of chocolate pudding was too hot, but Goldilocks ate it all anyway because, hey, it's...
MO WILLEMS

My little donkey, if I hadn't shown up, your fate would have been sealed. Love has saved you. Is the...
MO YAN

We made our runs and they answered back.
MO CHARLO

We're a work in progress. We're trying to get there [and] we're gonna get there. We're working our w...
MO CHEEKS

He made some shots that probably only he can make.
MO CHEEKS

When President Bush needed someone to help with Katrina and tsunami relief, he called on Bill Clinto...
MO ELLEITHEE

I was scared to death. Losing this game would have really hurt us.
MO MCHONE

People are just trying to think about survival. Everything is boarded up or just flattened.
MO WILLIAMS

The feeling is exciting. You wake up and you want to come to practice. You're ready to play a game. ...
MO WILLIAMS

Some of the changes can happen quickly, some will need legislation, and some will take years.
MO MOWLAM

Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?
JACKIE COLLINS

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.
KIM COLLINS

I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live.
JUDY COLLINS

We work to create a new wave of feminism that is more inclusive. I want others to feel equal. It'...
PETRA COLLINS

I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much m...
JACKIE COLLINS

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get...
JACKIE COLLINS

Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.
JACKIE COLLINS

I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is...
JACKIE COLLINS

Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want ...
JACKIE COLLINS

Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else wo...
JACKIE COLLINS

I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't k...
JACKIE COLLINS

Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's reall...
JACKIE COLLINS

The husbands, who sometimes have another family who's grown, are going, Now I can spend time wit...
JACKIE COLLINS

I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want t...
JACKIE COLLINS

Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you k...
JACKIE COLLINS

I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They...
JACKIE COLLINS

I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then...
JACKIE COLLINS

My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?
JACKIE COLLINS

I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about ...
JACKIE COLLINS

I have visited Australia several times, and I always try to make a point of going to Melbourne becau...
JACKIE COLLINS

Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you...
JACKIE COLLINS

I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know ...
JACKIE COLLINS

If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to ...
JACKIE COLLINS

If immigration reform passes, it'll be a big victory for sanity - nobody really believes it'...
GAIL COLLINS

I prefer black music in general.
PHIL COLLINS

It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but ...
LILY COLLINS

I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships wit...
DOUG COLLINS

Emily Dickinson never developed. She remained loyal to her persona and to that same little metrical ...
BILLY COLLINS

When the women's movement started in the 1960s, there was a vision of a future where women didn&...
GAIL COLLINS

It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly rea...
SUZANNE COLLINS

I actually do not believe that there are any collisions between what I believe as a Christian, and w...
FRANCIS COLLINS

Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to br...
GAIL COLLINS

Soaring prescription drug costs have placed a tremendous strain on family budgets. They have also im...
SUSAN COLLINS

When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type...
DOUG COLLINS

I might be in an airport, late or angry with a ticket person, and I'm going to sort of check mys...
STEPHEN COLLINS

Natural Texas politicians make terrible, terrible presidential candidates. Phil Gramm, I remember th...
GAIL COLLINS

Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.
SUZANNE COLLINS

Remember?" he asks. "This is where you kissed me."
So the heavy dose of morphling administered...
SUZANNE COLLINS

The Bushes were certainly part of Texas in their mind, but they didn't have the kind of politica...
GAIL COLLINS

I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, w...
JOAN COLLINS

I find society's underlings and people with interesting idiosyncrasies the most watchable. But I also love to mimic people who are ego-driven and kind of go through the world like lions.

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I find society's underlings and people with interesting idiosyncrasies the most watchable. But I also love to mimic people who are ego-driven and kind of go through the world like lions.

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