S. Truett Cathy Quotes
I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
Quotes to Explore
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On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the Right, the best and brightest go make money. Very few conservatives want to endure all the nonsense you have to put up with to run for office.
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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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Writing an essay is like a school assignment: I have my topic, I organize my thoughts, and I write it. I have complete control over what I'm doing. Writing a novel is like setting out on a journey without knowing who or what I'll encounter, how long it's going to take, or where I'm going to end up.
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When life catches up with us, we all need space to dream and indulge, so I have created my own special range of bath & beauty loveliness to help you find your happy place.
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In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.
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If I like something, I will pick it up from anywhere and wear it. I don't believe that only branded stuff looks good on you. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, I'll never wear it.
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It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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Politics is the one field you don't age out of.
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I wrote small stories here and there, then bigger ones. Some were even written for money. I signed up for a writing class and snuck my first assignment on a yellow legal pad in a partner's office while he read through my memo.
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The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.
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My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.
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You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.
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The prison industrial system, things like that are cleverly put in place to attempt to marginalize a certain group of people - and it's not only black, it's replete across the American society.
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I definitely had a hard time leaving for college because I'm not much of a risk-taker.
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The people I'm inspired by and I listen to are all ballsy, and I feel like I'm closer to an artist when they're open and honest.
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I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.
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I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
