Amos Alonzo Stagg Quotes
Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it. When I reach the soul of one of my boys with an idea, or ideal, or vision, then I have done my job as a coach.
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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If you only do issue-based drama, you can become a boring wanker.
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Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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Every writer dreams of having a backyard cottage, similar to Dahl's 'writing hut.' English cottages and charming huts might seem out of reach, but a good carpenter could build a modest cottage on the cheap.
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Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
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I've had times where I've joked, like, 'I'm going to move to Vermont and become a painter.' And sometimes that joke felt like, 'Oh that's a good idea.' But it was only, like, a daydream for a moment to, like, escape.
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Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.
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When the man governed by self-interest, the god of this world, does not renounce it but merely refines it by the use of reason and extends it beyond the constricting boundary of the present, he is represented (Luke XVI, 3-9) as one who, in his very person as servant, defrauds his master self- interest and wins from him sacrifices in behalf of 'duty.'
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a has-been superstar.
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The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.
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Most people learn all about the Second World War in school, or else, they see so many films put out by Hollywood, that it's easy to think we know exactly what happened.
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I began to paint again, even though I could barely hold the brush, but knowing exactly what I wanted to paint, I began three more large canvases... of large wheat fields under cloudy skies, and it did not take a great deal to express sadness and loneliness... I believe these paintings say what words cannot.
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There have been some hard times, people around me supported me.
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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
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They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.
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Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it. When I reach the soul of one of my boys with an idea, or ideal, or vision, then I have done my job as a coach.
