Richard Petty Quotes
There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.
Quotes to Explore
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Poverty is the worst form of violence.
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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
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As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.
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I have to throw off the burden and the pressure.
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I'm a big fan of the poet Mary Jo Salter, and although she doesn't need to be discovered at all - she's widely admired and anthologized and extremely accomplished - I wish she were a household name.
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One of the things that doesn't come up as much as it should, especially in literary fiction, is this idea of faith and God... I feel like those are things that should be wrestled with... because they are such an integral part of our community on every level.
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Major Clark is one of the most outstanding officers of his grade in the U.S. Army... an officer of impeccable character with a rare blend of personal qualities and professional attributes which uniquely qualify him as a soldier-scholar.
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I can think about what [Mahatma] Gandhi said or [Martin Luther] King said about violence begetting violence, and still be true to my job by asking myself the question whenever we're confronted with a situation where some may be arguing for military action: Will this actually result in America being safer, or the most lives being saved?
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And besides, look at elder flowers and bluebells-they are a sign that pure creation takes place - even the butterfly. But humanity never gets beyond the caterpillar stage -it rots in the chrysalis, it never will have wings.It is anti-creation, like monkeys and baboons.
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No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
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A dry soul is wisest and best.
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If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
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A nation usually renews its youth on a political sick-bed, and there finds again the spirit which it had gradually lost in seeking and maintaining power.
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It is a function of creative men to perceive the relations between thoughts, or things, or forms of expression that may seem utterly different, and to be able to combine them into some new form. Britten's Nocturne, for example, which unifies musically a group of poems by different hands, is a notable example of his power to connect the seemingly unconnected.
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Good evening everybody, my name is Robbie Williams, this is my band and for the next two hours YOUR ASS IS MINE!
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There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.
