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...countless number of shows all over the country and, probably, the world. When we arrived at the open house, Alan was immediately swarmed. Everyone wanted to show him the latest products—everyone wanted his opinion. And I, as a student of Alan, was treated with the deepest respect and attention by everyone we talked to—even though the other student and I certainly could not afford the showcased products. In that way, Alan taught me to dream. He warmly invited me into his world of technical theatre. Especially as a woman, that is a world with...
...When he speaks of "my people," Zidane refers not necessarily to all of France, but more specifically to the disenfranchised youths on the mean streets of Le Castellane, the immigrant ghetto in northern Marseilles where he grew up. Zidane learned to fight on the streets of Le Castellane, where respect was earned by not walking away from a challenge. And his early soccer coaches were quickly alerted to the violent rage that could be provoked by taunts from players and fans about his origins and family. They taught him to channel that rage into superlative soccer skills, but it periodically...
...raised in poverty by her divorced mother. Then, as she related it on her website , "I had a very bad accident at age eight which killed my dog and totaled my bike, not to mention me! The doctors said I might never walk again. Because of the respect I gained for my doctors, I aspired for a time to become one myself. But after seeing Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Gay Divorcee 17 times, those thoughts were then replaced with dreams of someday filling Ginger's shoes. A girl can dream...
...President Chen's relatives and aides are accused of financial irregularities, but he's not. Why do you want him to step down? We don't feel pride in the President anymore. When he loses the confidence and respect of the people, there is no way for him to lead the country...
...sign that the atheist leader is no hypocrite. But on the flight from Rome, when papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls was asked about the absence, he pointed out that on John Paul's visits, even Communist leaders Fidel Castro and Daniel Ortega attended Catholic masses out of respect for the Pope. Not necessarily a knockout, but a glancing blow for sure...