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 remember, as a kid, going into other people's houses. Everything was different. The smells in the kitchen were different; the clothing was different. That bothered me. There's something very mysterious about other families and the way they function.
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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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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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Over the years, Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman and I have observed many accounting-based frauds of staggering size. Few of the perpetrators have been punished; many have not even been censured. It has been far safer to steal large sums with pen than small sums with a gun.
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Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.
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Muscle is constantly being used - constantly being damaged. If every time we tore a muscle or every time we stretched a muscle or moved in a wrong way, cancer occurred - I mean, everybody would have cancer almost.
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I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.
