Red Auerbach Quotes
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I used to have a lovely Chelsea loft - then I got divorced.
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Because you know, I’m your best friend, but you’re just not that badass, man.
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Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.
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Effective teaching involves explaining to our children what they're already observing in our lives by example.
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There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.
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A religion, even if it calls itself a religion of love, must be hard and unloving to those who do not belong to it.
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Intelligent design is a modest position theologically and philosophically. It attributes the complexity and diversity of life to intelligence, but does not identify that intelligence with the God of any religious faith or philosophical system.
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The virtues therefore are engendered in us neither by nature nor yet in violation of nature; nature gives us the capacity to receive them, and this capacity is brought to maturity by habit.
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There is heroism even in the circles of hell for fellow-sinners who cling to each other in the fiery whirlwind and never recriminate.
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Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea Past the houses, past the headlands Into deep eternity! Bred as we, among the mountains Can the sailor understand The divine intoxication Of the first league out from land?
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Then come on up. DO everyone a favor and shut me up," he said. "Put down your money, pick up that ball, and let it fly, looker." "I'd rather not" People laughed. He flapped his arms and squawked like a chicken "Afraid you can't throw that far?" "I know I can" He lifted his hat in a small salute to my claim. Blond curls slipped out, then he plopped the hat back on and said, "I dare you.
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I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball.
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To be born in Kentucky is a heritage; to brag about it is a habit; to appreciate it is a virtue.
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Success is no accident or serendipity. I had all the odds against me, and I crushed each and everyone along the way. Not because I was a Democrat or a Republican. Not because of my attitudes about social issues. Not because of what my background is or isn’t. Not because people think I’m a nice guy. I succeeded because I’m a capitalist, I’m an entrepreneur, and I’m a warrior. That is the mindset I want to teach others so they can create their own wealth and American success story.
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You can't win without the ball.
