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.
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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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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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There are all kinds of things you can do to marry literacy with health.
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A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.
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Museums are good things, places to look and absorb and learn.
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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it's like to change your voice up.
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I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.
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I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.
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As the vice-regents of God, we are to bring His truth and His … dominion … over our neighborhoods, our schools, our government… our entertainment media, our news media, our scientific endeavors – in short, over every aspect and institution of human society.
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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.
