Jimmy Connors Quotes
Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.
Quotes to Explore
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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The very success of medicine in a material way may now threaten the soul of medicine.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.
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I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.
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I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
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I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as write and direct. When I moved to Delhi and joined Hindu College, theatre became a very big part of my life.
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It was a double jolt for me. The jolt of seeing my father slowly die, the jolt of knowing that I was diabetic and could meet the same fate if I didn't take care of myself.
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I think that designers have an incredibly broad creative repertoire. They solve. They create images of perfection for any number of clients. I could never do that. I'm my client. That's the difference between an artist and a designer; it's a client relationship.
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I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.
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Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of the poor, the privilege of the underprivileged, the exclusive club of the excluded masses.
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One of my favorite things to do is cook. I love taking the time to plan and prepare meals. I try to use all organic ingredients and make everything from scratch.
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If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vain. And I flatter myself that it will not be ranked among the least grateful occurrences of your life to be assured that, so long as I retain my memory, you will be thought on with respect, veneration, and affection by your sincere friend.
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Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.
