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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My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
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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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There are cases where you design something that looks good on paper and there's only one small part of it that's fun. You have to focus on that and throw the rest away.
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When I realised I had a facility for humour, I latched on to it, and it gave me confidence and I built my personality around it. So I subconsciously made myself become the funny one so that would be my label rather than the ginger one or the red-faced one.
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I sit and I write automatically. I don't really try to write. My subconscious mind takes over and writes the songs for me. Songs come very easily for me. When I'm inspired, it takes me 20 minutes to write a song.
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Worship is giving God the best that He has given you.
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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.
