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Being cold is not debilitating. We learned that from the Eskimos. They could be cold, and they could function. And you could function better when you're cold than when you're hot. I mean, hot, you become overheated, and, you know, you lose energy. If you're cold, you could function being cold. Now, frozen is different.
Bud Grant
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I've learned over the years to appreciate God's timing, and you can't rush things; it's gonna happen exactly when it's supposed to.
Sevyn Streeter
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I may be a public figure, but really, I'm just like a guy who could be in your family and have some difficult things happen to him.
Terrell Owens
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I adapt to things quickly, including good things, which I wish I could shut off sometimes.


Isaac Marion
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I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.


Sara Paretsky
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It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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We've always had this experience that things take long, but I'm 100% convinced that our principles will in the end prevail. No one knew how the Cold War would end at the time, but it did end. This is within our living experience... I'm surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are and how quickly we lose courage.
Angela Merkel
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I didn't know what I was in for when I joined 'The X Factor' - I underestimated it.


Cheryl Cole
You just never know when somebody's gonna die. It could happen at any moment so you've got to really treat everybody that way. Just really let everybody know how you feel about them.
John Frusciante
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Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don't. Not yet, but according to the actuarial tables, I may have another fortysomething years to live, more or less, so it could happen. Though I'm not holding my breath.
Rebecca Solnit
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I start with a character and a situation, but I don't know what's going to happen until I write it. Sometimes things happen that surprise me.
Louis L'Amour
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One effect could be that the huge atomic arsenal created in the cold war could be reduced significantly.
Gerhard Schroder
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You just write about things that happen.


Alan Jackson
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You don't know for sure why things happen, but you know, it did! It was my time to go on the show and I'm excited to see what my future holds.
Pia Toscano
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One of the joys of being at St. George is you were operating under the radar screen a lot of the time, and you could actually get on with things a lot more quickly and easily.
Gail Kelly
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When I first went to rugby, I wanted it all; I just wanted it all, and you know, I thought it was just going to happen just like that, but I've come to learn that good things take time.
Sonny Bill Williams
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Philly ain't a good environment for you when you headed in a different direction. Bad things happen left and right. You might walk up the street, make a wrong turn, and your whole life could flip.
Meek Mill
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I don't know that I appreciate things more because of how I grew up, but I am very realistic with what I expect out of people and what they expect out of me.
Adam Carolla
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases.
Ron Kind
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There's a character I played in 'Love in a Cold Climate' - very like my mother. I asked if I could wear a man's shoes and hat to feed the chickens: all things from her. In fact, every part I play has got an enormous amount of her in it.
Celia Imrie
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