John Wooden Quotes
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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I think whatever you have in your life, my opinion is that if you know that there's something wrong, you try to fix it.
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I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
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I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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The French complain of everything, and always.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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When the phonies are expelled from their leadership roles and the Republican Party backs a moderate gubernatorial candidate acceptable to the rank and file with proper financing and the intestinal fortitude to fight the good fight, the rank and file will rejoin the fold.
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What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
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A well begun is half ended.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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Tech never comes back the same.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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I don't know anyone who likes the American League games better. Maybe some fans do. But if you're not an actual DH, you probably prefer the National League.
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The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.
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Yet with these April sunsets, that somehow recall My buried life, and Paris in the spring, I feel immeasurably at peace, and find the world To be wonderful and youthful afterall
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I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.
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It's part of my character not to take myself too seriously. That's one of the reasons I've been able to survive.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
