Jim McKelvey Quotes
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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Nepotism sometimes can be a lose-lose situation.
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My only career strategy is to just not do anything that I have to be completely ashamed of afterwards! Whether it's TV or movies, I feel lucky to be working.
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Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet.
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You have to see if the batsman is coming out, if he is staying back, what his grip is like, to gauge his intentions. A common trend I have observed is, a lot of batsmen change their grips when they are looking to hit: normally they either go high or slide their hand to the bottom of the handle to get maximum power.
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Honor wears different coats to different eyes.
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I'm a big champion of people doing things outside the system.
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Most of the hotel gym's are not adequate. I mean you might be able to train your arms, but you aren't going to be able to train legs, back, or even chest if they don't have dumbbells and benches.
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Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.
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The past is open to all sorts of magical possibilities because it can't be verified. It's as we make it, so it seems to be entirely free. It seems to be completely up for grabs. But of course it's not.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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Tales of cheating on school and college tests are rife. There have been instances where teachers have given students test answers in order to make themselves look good on their performance reviews. Mentors who should be teaching the opposite are sending a message that lying and cheating are acceptable.
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I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world.
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I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.
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Anybody can build a building, putting some doors into it, but how many times have you been in a building that moves you to tears the way Beethoven's 'Eighth' does?
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Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism.
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Confession is something we will never outgrow, even if we become the saints God made us to be. Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa of Calcutta were revered even during their lifetime; but both made frequent use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
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I don't want to get on base and just run for the sake of running. What good is it if you steal 100 bases and get caught 60 times?
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Everyone needs someone to tell them not to wear so much Prada.
