Bobby Riggs Quotes
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
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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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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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I really am into crystals. I'm a real positive thinker. I believe in creative visualisation.
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I coach a high school wrestling team and a middle school team. I consider myself a coach and an activist, so I'm really involved in the community.
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I would rather be lying in a bed than changing one.
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The joke is mightier than the sword.
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It has not been hard to grow older, because I believe if you have something you believe in, that will keep you alive far more than plastic surgery or Botox.
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I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
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I was raised to farm work, which I continued till I was twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to Illinois, Macon County. Then I got to New Salem, at that time in Sangamon, now in Menard County, where I remained a year as a sort of clerk in a store.
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Monks mass like a pack of wolves from disputing with the masters who instruct them - They know not when deep dark and dawn divorce nor who sends the wind, nor who moves it, where it disappears to, what land it strikes.
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Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.
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Helpmate, n. A wife, or bitter half.
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The only peace is being out of earshot.
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You never know when you are doing something that is affecting someone.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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As early as I can remember, I wanted to be a snowplow driver. When you grow up in the Rocky Mountains, like I did, you see the snow drifts piled up six feet high, and you're two feet, so it's impressive.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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An old ham like me needs to be on stage.
