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Why is it trivia? People call it trivia because they know nothing and they are embarrassed about it. ↗

— Robbie Coltrane

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I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

#beads #board #came #directed #dozen

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long. ↗

— Shawn Colvin

#cynicism #derive #dismal #fairly #hard

I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I generally co-write is that someone else writes the music or part of the music. ↗

— Shawn Colvin

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They sign a bunch of women, and they call it a movement. I don't like the way women in music have been identified as women first and musicians second. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

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I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me. ↗

— Barbara Steele

#decided #holding #i #image #implying

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

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I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

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As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#champion #gymnast #i #involved #olympic

The interval allowed was only five minutes, at the end of which I resumed the lecture; but so refreshing was the effects of the brief rest and, above all, the admission of pure air, that during the second hour the attention was as completely sustained as during the first. ↗

— George Combe

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