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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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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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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Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.
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I've been burn when it comes to my hair that it ain't no joke.
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The best thing you can give me is your time. The easiest way to get me angry is to waste my time.
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We go by the lighthouse; paddle out. After we got out, we paddled way down to get the biggest peak.
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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
