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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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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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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The emotional masses of ordinary people who resented the Great Work, the bombs and bacteria and guided missiles, were coming to the surface. The were rising up - finally. Putting an end to super-logic: rationality without responsibility.
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I changed all my passwords. I have no any two passwords that are the same for any service online. I have two-step verification enabled on all my devices...so yeah, I did take some extra steps that I hadn't taken before being exposed to this world.
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My manager and I were broke for about three years together. That was the worst time of our lives and the best time of our lives. You have nothing, and it also is this great blank canvas of how to be inspired and how to dream up your whole life out of nothing.
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Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.
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The zest of life lies in right doing, not in the garnered harvest.
