John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
Unless we consent to lack the common things which men call success, we shall hardly become heroes or saints, philosophers or poets.
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No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
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The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.
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An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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I love the folk-rock of the Seventies and the pop of the Eighties.
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I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
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There's something about these steps [in Oval Office] and thinking about everybody who's walked here and all the business that's been done here.
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Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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All you can do is do good work, and do the good work for the sake of doing the good work and your evolution as an artist. That's what's most important to me.
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Unless we consent to lack the common things which men call success, we shall hardly become heroes or saints, philosophers or poets.
