"The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance."

-- Martin Jacques

#Political Quotes #World Quotes #Cups Quotes

“England expects that every man will do his duty.”

Source : Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.149, Cambridge University Press
“If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.”
“There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a recording instrument... I do not presume to impose â€œstoryâ€ â€œplotâ€ â€œcontinuityâ€... Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function... I am not an entertainer...”
“Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.”
“The truth is -- we are always highly motivated when something means a great deal to us. If I fell into a deep lake and I didn't know how to swim, I would become highly motivated in an instant. Climbing from the lake would mean more to me than anything else in the world. My effort would be no less than astounding and I would suddenly become one of the most excited and enthusiastic persons imaginable.”
“There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.”
“I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.”
“Hard things are valuable; easy things are not so valuable. Reaching the mountaintop is rewarding because it is hard. If it was easy, everybody would do it.”

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