John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man.
Quotes to Explore
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I wouldn't ever do a radio edit because I feel like it would totally go against the point of 'Follow Your Arrow.' I just think you're going to like it or not like it.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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If some student came up and wanted to know where to study painting, you'd want to suggest someplace, but there's no place. I wouldn't know where to send a student to study.
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I feel that 'Tokoyo Drift' blew people away because not many people had high expectations for it.
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I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
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If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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Education never really interested me, to be fair. I mean, education does interest me, but academic school study is a different thing. I can't quite grasp that.
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If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
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I have never done a thriller, and it will just be really fun for me to heave and pant and run and climb and break windows and scream every once in a while.
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That was my dream, to compete against the best surfers in the best waves. But as a kid, it all seemed so unattainable. It was this big dream, but deep down I never thought it could really happen. But my parents always believed I could do it, and they helped me get through all the stages and take all the right steps.
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We should get used to the idea that we'll probably never be able to find - and confirm - a good explanation of the ultimate origin of the universe, though I see no reason to believe that we can't press much further on this question than we have managed to date.
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
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As a result of the cold, the machine-guns were no longer able to fire...the result of all this was a panic...The battle worthiness of our infantry is at an end
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I'm going to go out and get everybody together and say I think we ought to protect this for generations to come. Now, let's get down to work and walk the land and talk about the conflicts and get everybody involved.
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As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are soft-hearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.
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We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man.
