Bum Phillips Quotes
Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.
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All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
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Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But even at that, you do see him cooking, and ultimately he's a good father because he spends a lot of time with the boys.
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My life in science has been rich and rewarding. I have sacrificed very little.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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I've tried my hardest to bribe my chef, but my team have been clever and hired someone who not only is not bribeable but who chases me round the house and makes sure I eat what he's cooked, and he lays out my vitamin pills and supplements in front of me so I can't 'forget' to take them.
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Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.
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I would never be able to spend all my life in a busy city like Mumbai.
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I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a really emotional person and it helped make me a better person.
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I haven't signed as many films as I'd like to because there are no good roles, as disheartening as it is to say.
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I would hope the NBA Players Association would say that people like LeBron could come out early because he's so gifted, but if you stay, you stay three years. Your skill level will be greater, and the chances of you going to the NBA are much greater.
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You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.
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I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing you want to do is spend more time on the Internet looking at a screen. That's what I hate about all this technology.
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As for modern Journalism, its not my business to defend it. It justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarest.
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Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.
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As a kid, I was just led out in the morning to go spend my day with my friends and just run in the woods. And I'd only come home to eat or when I was thirsty.
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Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean.
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Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
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Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.
