John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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You don't need expensive classes and all kinds of weird equipment if you really want to be in shape. There are great ways to do it that are very economical, it just takes a time commitment, even if it means waking up a half hour a day before the rest of the household gets up because that's the only time you have.
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To be fair, I don't get mad when people laugh at me when I fall down.
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I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I really just concentrated on acting.
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The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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I'm not attached to things at all. I'm very lucky to have quite a few beautiful things, but if I look back at my life, I was often happiest when I had very little.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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I want to have a long career.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I think that overall, the position - on a whole host of issues - should always be toward inclusion and equality.
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I think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what they're doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this earth.
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If you're walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.
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I hope, then, that every one who sees 'The Danish Girl' might be galvanized themselves to lead more authentic lives. How much lovelier would the world be then?
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Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that.
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Reform the world within thyself, which is thy proper world.
