John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious.
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Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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I was amazed at how the life of a freelancer differed from running a remote studio for another company. I thought I knew what I was doing in 2004 when I left Eidos because I had run Ion Storm Austin, which was my own independent studio. I had run a business unit inside Origin, but being part of a startup is crazy.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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America faces a new race that has awakened.
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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
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The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it.
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The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
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Our modern religious horizon and our conception of the character of a religious leader and teacher are so different that it is not easy to understand men who saw the province of religion chiefly in the broad reaches of civic affairs and international relations.
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There wasn't a single good character in 'Titanic' who was English and this is typical.
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(On H.P.B) Helena Petrovna Blavatsky And we, who lived around her, who in closest intimacy watched her day after day, we bear witness to the unselfish beauty of her life, the nobility of her character, and we lay at her feet our most reverent gratitude for knowledge gained, lives purified, strength developed.
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Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger.
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There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious.
