John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
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In 2005, I had one more year of college left, and I was taking a summer class in Barbados. I got discovered in the airport on my way back and started modeling at the beginning of my senior year at Bucknell.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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Early on, even before he was the front-runner, TV news was giving Trump far more attention than other candidates and far more than he deserved.
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I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
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I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen.
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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New Age is a very small box. It was a term that was brought in by the music industry to classify music that is neither jazz, classical, pop or rock. They didn't know what to call it or what to do with it. So they threw it all together under this one name.
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I feel like if you've done something wrong, then you should keep on apologizing to that person.
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Once you know the emotional building blocks of anxiety, you can influence them.
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When you write songs, you're writing little bits here, little bits there.
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Why should I crowd the world with my opinions? Live and let live. That's it. Let people have their own opinions, and you just keep yours to yourself. There are too many opinions - some unnecessary, some great, some ridiculously stupid - so I think I rather not say anything and keep my opinions to myself.
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You don't have the opportunity to win an Emmy unless you're given the opportunity to play certain kinds of roles.
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The zest of life lies in right doing, not in the garnered harvest.
