Charlie Sifford Quotes
When I'd get out of school in the afternoon, I would go to the golf course, and I just picked the game up. And when I was 13 years old, I could shoot 70 - even-par 71, one over par and then something like that. I just took a liking to the game.

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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.
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I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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Politics ruins the character.
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There are no second acts in American lives.
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I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.
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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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With things in my personal life, if I talk about it, it doesn't stay personal.
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Aspen's investment in TesoRx will assist in the work being undertaken to bring this product to market and in investing behind TesoRx's pipeline and technology that has the potential to be used for a wide range of different applications.
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Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. A lot of them turn up and they know everything about me. They say: 'You scored 346 goals' or 'You wore the No9 shirt for Liverpool.'
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When I was 12, I played the Artful Dodger in Cameron McKintosh's production of 'Oliver!' when it came to Toronto. Just getting the role shocked my whole family, and I don't think I realized until then just how much I loved getting up in front of people and performing.
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When I'd get out of school in the afternoon, I would go to the golf course, and I just picked the game up. And when I was 13 years old, I could shoot 70 - even-par 71, one over par and then something like that. I just took a liking to the game.