"I got into New College, Oxford. The ethos was that you could work - or not."

-- Nigel Rees

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“We donâ€™t just live in a celebrity take-down culture; we live in a take-down culture. People will find anything about you and twist it to where itâ€™s weird or wrong or annoying or strange or bad. You have to live your life not only in spite of people who donâ€™t understand you - you have to have more fun than they do.”
“I care about the presidential elections. I always vote. Sometimes I've voted more than once, illegally. But you can't anymore. The picture ID has ruined everything.”
“My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.”
“There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand.”
“All these financiers, all the little gnomes of ZÃ¼rich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.”

Source : 'Hansard' 12 November 1956, col. 578
“I'm one of the most sensitive human beings on Earth -- and I know it.”
“I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.”
“If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it.”

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