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Wendy Cope

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JAMES CORDEN I'm very happy with what I've accomplished, but we're going for more.
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SAM YAGAN People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ...
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ETHAN ZUCKERMAN I've had some shows where I really plan out what I'm going to say. Then I've had other s...
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NATALIA TENA They've said I'm gay, they've said everyone is gay. I personally don't believe in do...
NICOLE KIDMAN I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me...
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DAVE NAVARRO Siren voices tell me, 'You don't have to keep going on.' And then you think, 'I'...
TERRY PRATCHETT When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to...
TOM CRUISE A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a ...
GERI HALLIWELL I feel like I've dreamed half of my life that hasn't happened yet, so a lot of times I'm...
MARILYN MANSON I'm a very private person. I barely tell my friends what's going on half the time, so the id...
REBECCA HALL I think the whole aspect of social networking is vulgar and repulsive in a lot of ways. But I also s...
TRENT REZNOR I do go back and listen to my songs. I'm biting my fingernails the whole way through, but I do l...
ANDRAE CROUCH I've gone up to a random guy in a grocery store before and said, 'Hi, I think you're cut...
AUTUMN REESER Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm g...
JOEL OSTEEN I've said many times in the past that my career's not going to go on much longer; I'm no...
CASEY STONER I have to say, if someone literally said to me, 'You're going off to a desert island, what i...
DREW BARRYMORE I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy.
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FANTASIA BARRINO I believe in being prepared. I'm going to say that. Pray, prepare, proceed.
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VIGGO MORTENSEN When my agents tell me how much I'm going to be paid for a film, instead of quoting a figure, th...
KATE MARA I just like talking, and I'm really truthful. Sometimes things come out of my mouth, and I think...
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MARIANNE FAITHFULL When I turned 50, something clicked in my head and I said, 'I'm not going to live to 100. I&...
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SHARON STONE I'm a normal person. You say something about me, I'm going to say something back, funny or n...
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NICOLAS CAGE I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What y...
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MELODY BEATTIE I'm pretty easily overwhelmed and pretty tough as well. I think I'm tougher than I used to b...
NATHANIEL RATELIFF I've at times in my past been so unhappy, and thought, like, 'I would give anything for this...
SUSAN CHOI A lot of people have told me, 'You're not this and so can't play that,' and I can...
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MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL I'm not great on the florals. I think you've got to wear what you're happy in and that i...
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LAURA MVULA I never had a boss in my whole life. I've totally destroyed anybody's ability to tell me wha...
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JASON DAY I think I may have to grow up without growing old. I think we're going to have to define differe...
MATTIE STEPANEK I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had ex...
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WENDY HIGGINS I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.
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WENDY CARLOS Composition has almost always been solitary.
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WENDY DAVIS Nothing nice you ever do for anyone is for no reason.
WENDY MASS Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
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WENDY KOPP He was that driven, that smart. But he could not sit still within himself.
WENDY WALKER Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
WENDY WASSERSTEIN Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?"
All the time.
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WENDY CRAIG No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get fr...
WENDY WASSERSTEIN You will find it will almost always be more comfortable to sit on the sidelines and critique the bui...
WENDY KOPP Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and i...
WENDY KOPP I've heard a number of our alumni - people who are running schools and school systems - think a ...
WENDY KOPP We believe strongly in transparency and accountability, which is why Teach For America encourages ri...
WENDY KOPP Teach For America was built on the idea that our best hope of reaching 'One Day' is to have ...
WENDY KOPP On average, our corps members stay in the classroom for eight years. But again, given the systemic n...
WENDY KOPP Aging gracefully means being flexible, being open, allowing change, enjoying change and loving yours...
WENDY WHELAN Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don't ha...
WENDY KOPP Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort....
WENDY KOPP Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It'...
WENDY DAVIS when you hate a girl because she gets to kiss the boy you like, any little imperfection can become a...
WENDY BRANT Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been...
WENDY KOPP Texans don't want to sit back and watch Austin turn into Washington, D.C. State leaders in power...
WENDY DAVIS Across the globe, disadvantaged children are not living up to their potential because if they attend...
WENDY KOPP Certain people have certain ways of focusing on things, and some arrange their lens to a pinhole in ...
WENDY WHELAN It's time to declare a cease-fire in the education arms race. We have far more to gain from coll...
WENDY KOPP The truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and s...
WENDY DAVIS It's great to talk about how good things are now. But we can't sit on our laurels and expect...
WENDY DAVIS I rely heavily on my beta readers' honest critiques.
WENDY HIGGINS Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering th...
WENDY KOPP I knew I wanted to be a ballet dancer, but what kind, I wasn't sure. My two dream companies had ...
WENDY WHELAN This is our home tonight. Anywhere with you is my home.
WENDY HIGGINS Common Core reminds us what testing can do right. Modeled on standards of the world's education ...
WENDY KOPP