Mattie Stepanek Quotes
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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I just love playing in major championships.
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There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat.
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Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.
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I have goals and ambitions, and I see myself as a lifelong baseball student. I have certain philosophies that I'd like to test at some point at the big league level. The job of manager appeals to me, a coach appeals to me, at a different time frame.
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No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.
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I don't really get recognised very much.
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I tried to play sports, which was a disaster and probably one of the reasons I ended up being an actress.
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I think I may not be able to retire.
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I care a lot about big food and everyone's right to healthy, nutritious food and what's caused obesity in America and obesity in children in America.
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It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'
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I think George Foreman must have gained about 350 lbs and is slow as ever.
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If what you're talking about is seeing someone perform, then I'll have to say that in the rhythm-and-blues side of things, seein' Otis Redding live was it, you know?
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I work everywhere. If there is a nice adventure in South Korea, for example, why not? Russia, Brazil, whatever. I'm ready for almost anything.
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We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.
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Trees are Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
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It's a very generous culture, American culture. I know you can't generalize 300 million people, but everyone I've met here has been so lovely to me.
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What would I tell her? That I have always known I belonged here? That one day some action will be required that will prove my life's value? A forty-six-year-old man, waiting for fate to take over... it likely already has. (p. 269)
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You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there.
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I'm still a fan at heart.
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Candidates matter. Campaigns matter. 'He can win' or 'She can't win' is up there with, 'I'm going to lose 10 pounds, win the lottery, and live forever.' Saying it does not make it so.
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Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants dedicated to crawling into every pair of pants they can find.
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I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.
