Jack Kemp Quotes
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Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both.
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Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Hollywood's all about, 'Let's make this easy: This is what you do, so you go over here in this group, and we're not gonna call you.'
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I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it.
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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
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I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
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I've accomplished more working on my own than I ever did as part of a team.
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It's no fun to have HIV even though it's viewed as a chronic, controllable disease. It means being wedded to the health system.
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Jim Crow is old. That's not who I'm mindful of today. The problem is that Jim Crow has sons. The one we've got to battle is James Crow Jr., Esq. He's a little more educated. He's a little slicker. He's a little more polished, but the results are the same.
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I've dated people where we traveled horribly together, and if one thing went wrong, it was horrible for them. Then I've been fortunate enough to have great traveling experiences where everything lined up and even when things went wrong, you just laughed about it. You learn so much about yourself when you're traveling with someone.
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The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
