Philip James Bailey Quotes
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I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.
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My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.
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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
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In truth, every creation of the mind is first of all 'poetic' in the proper sense of the word; and inasmuch as there exists an equivalence between the modes of sensibility and intellect, it is the same function that is exercised initially in the enterprises of the poet and the scientist.
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A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.
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Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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Do I want to tackle a 230-pound guy who's running like a deer? Heavens no, no one in their right mind would. But there is something that drives me and compels me to stick my head in there and give it my best shot.
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To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history.
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Nobody could like Donald Trump, surely, except his mother. No one really likes The Donald. But how can you not have respect for a guy who's been down on the floor and just keeps coming back? Nothing will keep Donald Trump down until they drive a wooden stake in his heart and a silver bullet in his brain.
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Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.
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What happens in the heart simply happens.
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There has been a transition from a nuclear-annihilation scenario to an isolated-terrorist-nuclear-bomb scenario. But we're still locked into a mind-set that nuclear war would be so overwhelming that any kind of preparedness would be futile.
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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
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When I was a kid, I figured I would be a physicist when I grew up, and then I would write science fiction on the side. The physicist thing didn't pan out, but writing science fiction on the side did.
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It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
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If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.
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To define each of us by our race is nothing short of a denial of our humanity.
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On a court full of great writers, I shouldn't say full of - there have been some bad writers on the court over the years.
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Our principal drive is not to negotiate with hostage-takers and not to negotiate with terrorists, and this is where we find our strength is.
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Most of us forget to take time for wonder, praise and gratitude until it is almost too late. Gratitude is a many-colored quality, reaching in all directions. It goes out for small things and for large; it is a God-ward going.
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I think any company should compete on the quality of their products, their prices, the novelty they can produce, their services, because that would be fair competition.
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Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.
