James Naismith Quotes
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Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess.
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Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.
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In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.
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Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.
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People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them.
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Gandalf is in Middle-earth to keep an eye on everybody, and that can be a rather serious matter.
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You know I was curious - I was interested in all kinds of mystery or deeper meanings in the paintings because I myself have not analyzed why they have turned out like this or like that.
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You need the rhetoric of others, the aversion it inspires, in order to find the way out of your own.
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I've said, I never thought I rebelled. I never - I don't think I've ever had that period. You know, I just had to do what I had to do. You know, I was a good kid.
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I got asked by a freelance journalist to jump in front of Princess Diana's funeral. How pathetic is that? That would have been the stupidest thing on the planet.
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When you're an assistant, you're executing the wishes of your boss.
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In 1994, nobody could have predicted 'Shawshank' would one day be an iconic movie - and believe me, that would never have happened if Danny Glover had been Red instead of Morgan Freeman.
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I didn't think I'd be getting a contract at 34. That wasn't in my mind.
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Which is what one always hopes will happen: for life to take over and be bigger and more marvelous than what we can dream up on our own. Life doesn’t need magic to be magical. (But a little bit sure doesn't hurt.)
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I have seen this in previous catastrophes and hurricanes ? there is a bright spot in that new jobs do get created.
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I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naive hope.
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If we are meant to "love thy neighbor as theyself," then surely we should love the world's children as our own.
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I was working at the 'New York Times,' ruing every second of my life, thinking how was I ever going to get out of here, and thinking that one could only do it the way newspaper people have always done it. I needed a scoop, and I would go out and I would dream upon coming upon fires or the sky falling in front of me or anything.
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He who loves does not dispute: He who disputes does not love.
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Sexuality is, of course, a great way of having a conversation between people.
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I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.
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In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.
