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I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.
It's so hard saying goodbye... it's hard saying good bye to all the things that one has held dear for weeks, months, sometimes years.
As a kid, when most of my friends were into Superman and Batman, there was only one superhero who held my interest - The Green Hornet.
I never had a black teacher or lecturer, I never once met a black British person who held any sort of professional or managerial role.
Different hot sauces fulfill different needs, and I wouldn't want anyone to live in a world in which each fridge held only one bottle.
I don't like it if I am being held like a baby. If someone holds me normally, and I'm not being coddled, I feel much more comfortable.
Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.
He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
People intrinsically know there are secrets being held from us. Look at WikiLeaks: There are secrets that are really true to the world.
Now that I think about it, maybe my own literary exploration of the dark secrets held by families could be traced back to V.C. Andrews.
I'd say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did.
Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?
Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs.
Every day, I walk the streets with my head held high, but deep down inside, sometimes I'm like, 'I just hope I can get through the day.'
Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert.
Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.
When we're talking about diversity, it's not a box to check. It is a reality that should be deeply felt and held and valued by all of us.
Conservatives understand that the power that binds our republic together is fierce independence held high on the shoulders of compassion.
When I was 13, my parents bought me a mini snooker set for my birthday. From the moment I first held a cue in my hands, I was transfixed.
Navient's actions have led to student borrowers needlessly carrying billions of dollars in debt, and the company must be held accountable.
No-one can say when the unwinding began, when the coil that held America together in its secure and sometime shifting grip first gave way.
Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us.
Sashi will assume the general counsel responsibilities formerly held by Paul Vance, who is leaving the franchise after 18 years of service.
The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did... until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on.
Yeah, we held a junior carp tournament on the St. Lawrence River in New York last August. I hosted that along with a couple of other people.
As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without a trial or a hearing.
I know why we're strong. I know why we have held together; I know why we are united: it's because there's always been a growing middle class.
Fear of failure held me back from being a DIYer for many years, especially after a few early attempts at home improvement projects went awry.
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
It's humiliating for Barack Obama and, therefore, the United States to have American sailors held hostage during his final State of the Union.
For nearly a century, Republican-controlled Houses held the line on tax rates, a Republican coup de pointe to Democratic tax-increase parries.
Elected officials should be held to a higher standard, and we cannot enable misbehavior with a system that secretly settles with public funds.
I had been, you know, held in the closet for two months and, you know, abused in all manner of ways. I was very good at doing what I was told.
The standard that '24' is held to is higher than at other shows. A weaker episode of '24' would be an amazing episode for a lot of other shows.
The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down to their knees.
I love Bethnal Green and where I'm from. Nothing there, especially the people, ever held me back, but I never felt that I was successful there.
Fundamentally cheap stocks are often held in low regard by market participants. Something may be tainting their perception in investors' minds.
I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures.
I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner.
If the arts are held up solely as a means of social insight, fantasy is denied the chance to be commonplace and reality the chance to be exotic.
For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced.
I'm very respectful of people's views. I know that they're deeply held, and I'd like to hope that people are respectful of my deeply held views.
Presidents and cabinet officials could send a strong message of accountability if they held senior appointees responsible for their performance.
People have a lot of different beliefs, and at the end of the day, we all have deeply held beliefs that probably don't make sense to anyone else.
Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum. The plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their neighborhood.
'Real Steel' was this lovely little piece where I held a cup of coffee and talked to Hugh Jackman for three weeks. And that sounded kind of nice.
I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish, because I held a Mexican passport.
The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction.
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins.