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E. P. Thompson

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Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.
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Investment interest seem to come second.
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Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.
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First come, first served.
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First come, first served.
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The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.
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They come first.
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They come first
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at...
KATE THOMPSON
I am political. But not politically active. I'm not my dad. I'll never write polemic, as he ...
KATE THOMPSON
I always had an awful lot going on in my head, always telling myself stories, very vivid imagination...
KATE THOMPSON
My mum wouldn't have had any time for fantasy stuff; she's more practical.
KATE THOMPSON
I've always felt a bit hard done by in England - you know, I've won the Bisto three times in...
KATE THOMPSON
Writers want publicity all the time, and they are always nagging their agents and publishers to give...
KATE THOMPSON
If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. Th...
KATE THOMPSON
You know yourself, once you've had the excitement of riding thoroughbreds, it's not very int...
KATE THOMPSON
When in doubt, use brute force.
KEN THOMPSON
I don't think the Internet has replaced cities in any significant way, nor really could it. Citi...
CLIVE THOMPSON
I looked at her, with her hair spilled out on the pillows and the warmth of her body warming mine. A...
JIM THOMPSON
Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It i...
FRANCIS THOMPSON
I'm not a wilting flower. I'm honest, so I pick a lot of fights. I've burned a lot of br...
SCOTT THOMPSON
I will probably hear more in the next day or so. His last tests showed an improvement and he has inc...
ALAN THOMPSON
This job is well-suited for people who want to work hard. Some of the people who work here just love...
ALAN THOMPSON
I'm taking video evidence of a number of incidents over the last two years which happened at the Oly...
ALAN THOMPSON
(We're) in such a tight budget - like we have had every year, ... (If) you can increase reserves at ...
ALAN THOMPSON
Celtic is one of the world's biggest clubs and this agreement sets the seal on an amazing month for ...
ALAN THOMPSON
Congratulations on holding the line this year, ... We appreciate the efforts your department has had...
ALAN THOMPSON
I think sometimes people think, 'We'll leave it for Grant to do'.
ALAN THOMPSON
I think some of the guys prepared poorly,
ALAN THOMPSON
Had he been in a different era, he would have been the one, and this time he has been able to stand ...
ALAN THOMPSON
And they have got an ability to coach and an ability to swim. Even in the old days - whatever they w...
ALAN THOMPSON
In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletic...
DALEY THOMPSON
We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst.
DALEY THOMPSON
But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it.
DALEY THOMPSON
Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be th...
DALEY THOMPSON
I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after...
DALEY THOMPSON
Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to cat...
DALEY THOMPSON
When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours.
DALEY THOMPSON
Even if you've been involved in a World Cup, the Olympics is huge. Only the Games has the power ...
DALEY THOMPSON
I am only about winning and getting better.
DALEY THOMPSON
I'm obsessive. I want to know the answer to how good I am. Most people aren't.
DALEY THOMPSON
Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my care...
DALEY THOMPSON
Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything...
DALEY THOMPSON
Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.
DALEY THOMPSON