John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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I don't feel closeted.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-30s. Those who hang on, eventually the mentor drops the disciple, and that's no fun.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
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Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.
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What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
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We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
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It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.
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I hear so many writers say - and these are writers that I trust completely - 'I just started hearing a voice', or, 'The characters came to life'. I am filled with loathing for my own characters when I hear that because they do nothing of the sort. Left to their own devices, they do nothing but drink coffee and complain about their lives.
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The values of life are most important.
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Somewhere along the line the rhythms and tonalities of music elided in my brain with the sounds that words make and the rhythm that sentences have.
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I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.
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It might be hard to believe, but as difficult as cancer was, in some ways it was good for me.
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The best book is but the record of the best life.
