Josh Billings Quotes
Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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I think I'm a lot like other moms out there who feel like if we don't have the pecan pie we have every year, then it just won't be Christmas.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.
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Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.
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In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
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The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.
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I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.
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Beauty is boring because it is predictable.
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I'll never forget that show season. It was completely mad. I was staying between Christy and Naomi's rooms and it was all limos and the Ritz Hotel and all that kind of business.
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I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own.
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Seeing the road show of 'A Chorus Line' in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay people, on the stage, and they all lived in New York.
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I was brought up with old-fashioned values. I wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend until I finished school. I wasn't allowed to wear make-up: the nuns would scrub your face if they saw it.
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The crowns of kings do not prevent those who wear them from being tormented sometimes by violent headaches.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.
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Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.
