William Feather Quotes
Of all the young men in America only a few hundred can get into major league baseball, and of these only a handful in a decade can get into the Hall of Fame. So it goes in all human activity. .. Some become multimillionaires and chairmen of the board, and some of us must be content to play baseball at company picnics or manage a credit union without pay.
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
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I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
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I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.
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The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.
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If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them.
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There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music.
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In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.
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In the end, we are part of this region, and we are affected by its developments. What we may do or not do in the future depends on the nature of what happens here in the region.
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If you are a woman, you might feel torn between logical agreement and emotional resistance. Why? It seems like a simpler solution to blame men for the pay gap than to engineer your own bridge to higher pay.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.
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Of all the young men in America only a few hundred can get into major league baseball, and of these only a handful in a decade can get into the Hall of Fame. So it goes in all human activity. .. Some become multimillionaires and chairmen of the board, and some of us must be content to play baseball at company picnics or manage a credit union without pay.
