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When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

It will not do to say that international law is the enemy of the Jewish people, since the Jewish people surely did not as a whole oppose the Nuremburg trials, or the development of human rights law.

I'm just maintaining the same mindset that I had going into the 2012 Olympics and Olympic trials, which is just, whatever happens, happens.

The first time I ever wore a shoe was in 1955 during the trials for the Melbourne Olympics.

The triangle is a tough offense to get used to.

Guilt is one side of a nasty triangle; the other two are shame and stigma. This grim coalition combines to inculpate women themselves of the crimes committed against them.

I don't see the Hurricanes relocating, period. I think the Triangle is a terrific market.

I like the triangle. My first season, the whole first season, we played nothing but the triangle, so I know it pretty well.

In a deeply tribal sense, we love our monsters, and I think that is the key to it right there. It is monsters; it is learning about them: it is both thrill and safety. You can think of them without being desperately afraid because they are not going to come into your living room and eat you. That is 'Jaws.'

I'm not tribal Labour. I'm a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language.

My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.

I have great respect for Oklahoma's tribal members, and I celebrate their traditions and culture.

In Indian communities, it's a separate sovereign government, so you have to get permission from the tribal leadership before you can start campaigning on their land.

Men from my tribe in Sudan - the Dinka tribe - are very tall, so you could say I was born to play basketball.

That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else.

Leon Uris is a storyteller, in a direct line from those men who sat around fires in the days before history and made the tribe more human.

I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites.

Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without the genocide of those Old Guard, bristling Indian tribes?

Much is written about parenting - its joys and tribulations - and then about the transition into hot flushes, night sweats and (if we're lucky) a new life as a grandmother.

'Anarchy' was more of a tribute album to my friend Peep.

I was actually in a Take That tribute band.

I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.

'This Is My Rifle' is a kind of tribute to Al Di Meola.

The success of 'Bodyguard' is a tribute to the magnetism of our two leads, Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes.