Quotations

Sound bites: July - Sept 2000

Be happy for me.
announcing her retirement as Speaker to the House of Commons
Betty Boothroyd, British Labour politician

I do not reinvent myself at every turn. I am not running in borrowed clothes.
accepting the Republican nomination
George W. Bush, American Republican politician

I'm not that interested in fashion...When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life.
Bruce Oldfield, British fashion designer

It is cute to have the British pound, it is quaint. But Britain has more hope if it joins them and fights for what it wants.

Esther Dyson, American business woman

It's a fabulous place, I'll never forget it, and the right guy won.
after defeating Bjorn Borg at a charity tennis match at Buckingham Palace
John McEnroe, American tennis player

I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again.
asked what she would do when she had finished the Harry Potter series
J. K. Rowling, British author

Tennis just a game, family is forever.
on the competition between herself and her sister Venus
Serena Williams, American tennis player

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.
accepting the Democratic nomination
Albert Gore Jnr., American Democratic politician

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