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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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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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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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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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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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.
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I think it's real important to show style now. The majority of style right now is to act like you don't have style at all, so most companies are getting rich off clothes that look torn, clothes that look worn.
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Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them.
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The various segments of the system of profound knowledge proposed here cannot be separated. They interact with each other. Thus, knowledge of psychology is incomplete without knowledge of variation.
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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
