Bobby Orr Quotes
The love and passion I had for the game was my key. I never had that taken out of me by my parents or a silly coach.
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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I was in the military, and then I went to university to study biology.
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All four majors are definitely a priority.
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I've always said that acting found me. I didn't really find it.
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Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 season. I also felt that I should take as much time as possible to sort through my feelings and make sure that my feelings were backed with conviction.
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If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.
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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of total numbers and growth.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this incompleteness.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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You learn who you really are in a fight - what you're really made of. You have to face yourself and rise above your own fears and failings.
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What would you do in order to marry Sophia Loren? I think anyone would become French to marry Sophia Loren. Love was more important than nationality. The cultural heritage of that country and my parents is so interlaced that it really doesn't matter that a piece of paper tells them they're French.
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I don't particularly get nervous about anything.
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People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.
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My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
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He that will not work according to his faculty, let him perish according to his necessity: there is no law juster than that.
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For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.
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Bitcoin's revolution: an impossible-to-counterfeit digital store of value that can be used as money, that has no sovereign, or central bank involved, that can be sent anywhere instantly at virtually no cost, is irresistible. Anyone who uses it is converted.
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I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents were quite strict. They would watch 'Flash Dance' but wouldn't let us see the whole film because Jennifer Beals' character was a stripper. It was so funny when I finally saw the whole film. I thought she was a ballerina!
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The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.
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The love and passion I had for the game was my key. I never had that taken out of me by my parents or a silly coach.
