Ace Antonio Hall Quotes
If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.
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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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My father was military, so I traveled a lot, so I had 13 to 15 first days in new schools. Bullies transcend culture, unfortunately, and I had to deal with them wherever I went. I knew how to defend myself. But I didn't know how to fight.
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To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.
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Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler and wave.
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I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that.
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You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel.
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We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my grandfather, he would die in five minutes, while I have grown up slowly to accept speed.
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I'm a pro-horserace guy.
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It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it's best to be reminded how to act properly.
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We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.
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When I got to Iraq, my world focused in on one mission. It was incredibly rewarding.
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The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.
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In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you lure your customer by telling a story. You just do.
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Fashion is never in crisis because clothes are always necessary.
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I haven't played a full round of golf yet, but I did make two pars my first time out on a golf course.
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We don‘t have faith that freedom works. We have evidence.
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The people who run the international tests told us, 'the biggest predictor of student success is choice.' Nations that 'attach the money to the kids' and thereby allow parents to choose between different public and private schools have higher test scores. This should be no surprise; competition makes us better.
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I enjoy myself a lot but I derive more joy in working. I believe in hard work and one of my business success secrets is hard work. It's hard to see a youth that will go to bed by 2am and wake up by 5am. I don't rest until I achieve something.
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I feel like as a generation, we sell ourselves short. I just expected more from us.
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If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.
