Jimmy Greaves Quotes
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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I was born and brought up in the countryside. I used to live in a sort of converted stables on the grounds of a castle, and I spent a lot of my childhood running around with a pretend sword pretending to be Robert the Bruce.
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In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.
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The people I admire unreservedly are my parents. They are the real pioneers of Africa in many ways. They were born and raised in rural Africa during the colonial period. They are the ones who came to the U.S. long before I did.
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I married beneath me, all women do.
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Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
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I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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I had an idea when I was 18 or 19 to start tutoring people, like the way that people get tutored in saxophone or guitar, but for production. I really enjoyed it, but I don't have time for that any more.
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I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century.
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When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.
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Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.
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I always forgive, but I never forget.
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Half of life-the interesting half of life-we don't even have a name for.
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From the male perspective, when commitment is associated with diamonds and mortgages, promises of love can feel like promises of payment.
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But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world.
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The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust is the key professional and personal competency of our time.
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I've definitely had my moments in relationships where I've been able to say yes, I have been heartbroken, my heart has been broken.
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We signed to play until the day we died, and we did.
