Kenneth Grahame Quotes
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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I have a whole closet in my house that's dedicated just to jackets and coats, stuff that I've collected over the years.
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.
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The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.
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I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality.
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As a GM Goodwrench Service Plus dealer, I understand how good service makes a difference to our customers.
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I don't know why you play a team sport and not be concerned about making your teammates better and helping your team win games. That's the only thing that really matters, and if you're the best player, surely you're going to have some effect on the game's outcome.
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I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.
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I can remember 1987 when I had my first amateur fight in Michigan, weighing 64lb. I was 10 years old. I was the youngest and smallest guy on my team. I can remember what I ate. There was this restaurant called Ponderosa, and my dad made me eat a steak. I was happy. It was a first round knockout. I slept with my trophy for two weeks.
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It's bizarre to be given an award for being empathetic and kind, which is what we all should be.
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The attitude among the people I knew was, 'Fleur wants to be a singer' but it was never, 'Go for it. You can do it.' Everyone was cynical because we'd never seen anyone where we came from do it.
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Some shows, like PPG, tape in a group session, which is always more fun because you can play off each other.
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You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.
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I love to write a book out of questions; in fact, I think it's the only way my writing can operate, if there's something I don't understand.
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Hear only the things you should hear - be deaf to others.
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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
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Looking forward, we see that it is the youth of today who hold the key to tomorrow. And we can help unlock it.
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Hungry for both fantasy and inspiration, readers crave protagonists who, after overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, triumph at the end of the day.
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You have to work on your weaknesses, but you have to work on your strengths even more. After all, returning well is one of my chief responsibilities on a court.
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Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole - some of it by law, a lot of it by fear and tradition. But there was no violence where I lived, and if there was hate, it was either concealed from me or I just didn't recognize it.
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To me, making records isn't work.
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Honest Toad was always ready to admit himself in the wrong.
