Peter Ueberroth Quotes
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I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered.
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We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.
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I don't think about the media.
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I'm not one of those professors whose office is encased floor-to-ceiling with books. By the way, I think academics do this to intimidate their visitors.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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During past years, like frightened children, we were afraid to eat the strong meat of human rights and instead sucked the milk of civil rights from the breasts of white liberals, black Uncle Toms, and Aunt Jemimas.
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Despite the strength of the feminist movement in the 1970s and beyond, a fable has persisted that educated women are rejected as marriage partners.
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There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
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I can plunk out enough chords to write a song, but I'm completely afraid to play guitar in front of other people. It's a fear of failure, I guess.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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CrossFit is just another thing I've become passionate about. I like to continue to make gains and compete with myself. There's many ways to do that either with adding weight or competing with my own times or my previous records. It's been nothing but a benefit to me, and I love lifting weights.
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Men are like mascara, they run at the slightest display of emotion.
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
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The point of an accelerator is to teach you about companies and business, not about technology.
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Sometimes we never see what failure is and often fail to recognize it.
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Lloyd George? There is no Lloyd George. There is a marvellous brain; but if you were to shut him in a room and look through the keyhole there would be nobody there.
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To be a big league ball player, you have to love the game.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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If a player in the game of Deadman's Catch drops a skittle, he is obliged to suffer a succession of handicaps. First to catch using one hand, then to catch kneeling on one knee, then on two knees, then with one eye closed. If a player finally drops a catch with both eyes closed, then he is out and must take his place in the winding-sheet.
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It's something we've thought about. We are concerned about it. Senior Night is always a personal game, and we have a formidable task. I remember playing Notre Dame, going down, 17-1. We're fully aware of it.
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In wrestling, my mustache made me look more like a villain. A good mustache can give you the look of the devil.
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The integrity of the game is everything.
