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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We're Americans - in times of crisis, we step up.
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Your most vital necessity in this life is that you shall love your wife completely and implicitly and in an entire nakedness of body and spirit.... this that I tell you is my message as far as I've got any.
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Ask, 'How are we different from the great apes?' We have culture, we have civilisation, and we have language to be celebrated as part of being human.
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As society changes, laws have to change to protect citizens along the way. Sometimes you have to try new and different and creative ways to solve problems. You have to take some risks.
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We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man.
