John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good.
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I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.
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To me, the funnest part of wrestling is evolving. If you stay the same all the time, you're eventually going to be left behind.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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I shall always be a priest of love.
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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!
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An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled by people who, by principle, have no local commitment.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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I never lie to my fans.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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The evident justice and utility of the foregoing maxims have recommended them more or less to the attention of all nations.
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One of the real ways out of conflict is humour. It builds bridges; it's a weapon against rigid ideology, narrow thinking, intolerance.
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If you're going to start a company, it's not going to be in the millions of dollars, but it's going to be something - for a lot of these kids - out of the trunk of their car, the same way that I did.
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A great pop song should be felt when you hear it.
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It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good.
