John Wooden Quotes
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You can get all A's and still flunk life.
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I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now.
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I hate camping, but I love summer camp.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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I've learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.
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Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.
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I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is invigorate the political system and allow for this country to be turned around.
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My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.
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What more can you ask for than to see a ballgame in spring?
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My cousin once told me, 'You're tall, you're handsome - and you're gonna have to apologize for it the rest of your life.' He imparted that information to me.
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Art historians agree that Da Vinci's paintings contain hidden levels of meaning that go well beneath the surface of the paint. Many scholars believe his work intentionally provides clues to a powerful secret... a secret that remains protected to this day by a clandestine brotherhood of which Da Vinci was a member.
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I'm one of the best condensers in the business.
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I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
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In 1920, the West ruled huge amounts of the world.
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I'm on this search trying to figure out exactly who I am and what I have to say to people.
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God knows, we don't want prayer.
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Since I finished on 'The Mentalist,' I didn't need to be so near to the studio, so we decided to move a bit further out where you can get more house for your money, too. It definitely feels more like home.
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I'm a health-food junkie, so all of my food is a splurge, money-wise!
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Stuff like Buena Vista Social Club and Fela Kuti were quite a main thing to my childhood. As soon as I reached an age where I realized that Fela was singing in English, when I got past his accent, I loved the rawness of it, and the funk and the rhythm and the melody.
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She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.
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The boys at school are so degenerate that it makes one feel pessimistic about the future of the male gender in general.
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The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music.
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We make too much of that long groan which underlines the past.
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Don’t beat yourself. That’s the worst kind of defeat you’ll ever suffer.