John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
Mercenary is whoever thinks less of his work than of the money he receives for doing it; and social conditions which impose tasks that make this inevitable are barbarous.
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Funny is an attitude.
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I traveled so much to dance that I feel a part of many places, but New York is where I spent most of my life and where my career has been - it's the place where I exist.
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I would like to see America some day.
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The pace of television is very different from film.
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Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as banning beef has reduced beef consumption, banning alcohol will lead to reduced alcohol consumption. But, there appears to be little or no correlation between, say, domestic violence or household impoverishment and prohibition.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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I knew very early on that I wasn't Brad Pitt.
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I have been in dialogue with my family about what can actually be done. We've come up with this philosophy that in a truly multicultural society, the only way to have liberty and justice for everybody is to have multiple parties. And by multiple parties, I mean 50 parties, not one or two.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a choice in, to make music. I've got to make it.
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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
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I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were.
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Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
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The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
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When you lose your hair, it has an impact on confidence and your overall self-esteem whether it affects your career or your love life.
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It's true that I'm not known as a crooner or balladeer. I'm known for a more crusading or quixotic temperament.
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If you practice for ten years, you may begin to please yourself, after 20 years you may become a performer and please the audience, after 30 years you may please even your guru, but you must practice for many more years before you finally become a true artist-then you may please even God.
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There's only one way to succeed: Show up, work hard, and do everything right. Regardless of who you might be or what kind of job you may have.
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Most hacking incidents that you see are freelancers - maybe government sponsored, maybe not. They are out there trying to steal intellectual property, make some money. Or they might just be hackers who want to damage something for whatever reason. That's a fact of life that internet companies deal with all the time.
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Mercenary is whoever thinks less of his work than of the money he receives for doing it; and social conditions which impose tasks that make this inevitable are barbarous.
