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Small: Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for so
"Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything"
Peter Marshall, Clergyman
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Small: So long as youve got your friends about you, and a good positive attitude, you dont really have to care what e
"So long as you've got your friends about you, and a good positive attitude, you don't really have to care what everyone else thinks"
Gail Porter, Celebrity
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Small: Once youve been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you
"Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you"
Robbie Coltraine, Actor
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Small: Ive driven all through America and I know there are a lot of clever people between the coasts. But they have a
"I've driven all through America and I know there are a lot of clever people between the coasts. But they have a slightly old-fashioned view of the world. Whereas New York is one of the most multicultural, multiracial, tolerant places on Earth"
Robbie Coltraine, Actor
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Small: He made it quite clear that if I didnt play the role, I would be dead within a week. As you can imagine, the g
"He made it quite clear that if I didn't play the role, I would be dead within a week. As you can imagine, the guy who turned down Hagrid would be like the guy who called the Beatles a guitar band. So I couldn't possibly refuse, really"
Robbie Coltraine, Actor
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Small: All love is lost but upon God alone
William Dunbar
"All love is lost but upon God alone"
William Dunbar, Poet
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Small: The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt
"The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt"
Gail Porter, Celebrity
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Small: I read in the paper that Id slashed my wrists. But I didnt
"I read in the paper that I'd slashed my wrists. But I didn't"
Gail Porter, Celebrity
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Small: I read everything and anything. I love books
"I read everything and anything. I love books"
Gail Porter, Celebrity
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Small: We paid off our debts, we learned some, made friends and returned in 1950 with a larger view of life.
"We paid off our debts, we learned some, made friends and returned in 1950 with a larger view of life. I had, however, no home, no income of any kind and no prospects whatsoever"
James W. Black, Scientist
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Small: The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, bu
"The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, but with total independence. The real opportunity, however, came from King's College, London"
James W. Black, Scientist
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Small: My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence
"My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence"
Samuel Rutherford, Theologian
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Small: During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I
"During my six years with them Dr Garnet Davey (subsequently Research Director) constantly supported me and, I have no doubt, fought many battles on my behalf to keep the initially controversial programme going"
James W. Black, Scientist
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Small: We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about i
"We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous"
Jackie Stewart, Athlete
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Small: People say, what is she thinking? Im thinking: fun cash travel
"People say, what is she thinking? I'm thinking: fun; cash; travel"
Gail Porter, Celebrity
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Small: Mmm, I love Yoda. I didnt like Jar Jar Binks though, he was all wrong
"Mmm, I love Yoda. I didn't like Jar Jar Binks though, he was all wrong"
Gail Porter, Celebrity
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Small: I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I
"I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12"
Gail Porter, Celebrity
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Small: Every day I do something that freaks me out
"Every day I do something that freaks me out"
Gail Porter, Celebrity
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Small: This may be done by grafting, by confining the roots, withholding water, bending the branches, or in a hundred
"This may be done by grafting, by confining the roots, withholding water, bending the branches, or in a hundred other ways which all proceed upon the same principle"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
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Small: The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which
"The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they do any other plant"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
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Small: The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these cou
"The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to give some description of the method by which the effect is produced"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
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Small: Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowe
"Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
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Small: So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively,
"So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
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Small: As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pret
"As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
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Small: Its like going back to school. You know, autumn! Time for Harry Potter
"It's like going back to school. You know, autumn! Time for 'Harry Potter'"
Robbie Coltraine, Actor
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Small: It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through Gods mercy and Christs merits but death remained
"It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through God's mercy and Christ's merits; but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is taken away; and now death is no more to me, but to cast myself into my husband's arms, and to lie down with Him"
Donald Cargill, Clergyman
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Small: I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things not that I thought the
"I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were right in their conditions"
Donald Cargill, Clergyman
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Small: Fear not and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly a
"Fear not; and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly and swiftly over the bar, that you find not the rub of death"
Donald Cargill, Clergyman
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Small: Farewell, dearest friend, never to see one another any more till at the right hand of Christ
"Farewell, dearest friend, never to see one another any more till at the right hand of Christ"
Donald Cargill, Clergyman
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Small: When these suckers had formed roots in the open ground, or kind of nursery where they were planted, they were
"When these suckers had formed roots in the open ground, or kind of nursery where they were planted, they were looked over and the best taken up for potting"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
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Small: The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and
"The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the same time encouraged the production of side branches at those parts of the stem where they were most desired"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
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Small: Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a
"Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess"
Robert Adamson, Philosopher
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Small: My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me,
"My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me, was his love of singing which gave music a central place in our lives"
James W. Black, Scientist
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Small: I met Hilary Vaughan at a Student Ball in 1944 and we married in the summer of 1946, as soon as I graduated
"I met Hilary Vaughan at a Student Ball in 1944 and we married in the summer of 1946, as soon as I graduated"
James W. Black, Scientist
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Small: I did help to set up an undergraduate course in medicinal chemistry and made progress in modelling and analysi
"I did help to set up an undergraduate course in medicinal chemistry and made progress in modelling and analysing pharmacological activity at the tissue level, my new passion"
James W. Black, Scientist
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Small: All I ever promised was that I was sure I could develop a new pharmacological agent which might answer a physi
"All I ever promised was that I was sure I could develop a new pharmacological agent which might answer a physiological question. Any utility would be implicit in that answer"
James W. Black, Scientist
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Small: This is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on earth
"This is the most joyful day that ever I saw in my pilgrimage on earth"
Donald Cargill, Clergyman
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Small: Im not going away. Ill still be very much involved in the team but not with the same number of hours.
"I'm not going away. I'll still be very much involved in the team but not with the same number of hours. I need to move over and allow the people who are really doing the job the space to do so"
Jackie Stewart, Athlete
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Small: These gardens may be called the gardens of the respectable working classes
"These gardens may be called the gardens of the respectable working classes"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
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Small: I dont know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot of pr
"I don't know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot of pretty boring stuff to sort of put up with and to add to, to make something vital from"
Robert Adamson, Philosopher
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