Rickey Henderson Quotes
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The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race, predooming it to ruin.
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Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you're by yourself, you're going to be faced with a lot more of your own doubts and your own drawbacks and your own whatever.
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.
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I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
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The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.
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Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
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Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
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The mind is the effect, not the cause.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
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I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.
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The thing about Marvel is that they're not - they're into real acting. They're looking for artists that are willing to take chances and are willing to create characters. Even if that character has been around for years and years in comic books, they still are depending on us to create something and take it somewhere else.
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I write all the time. I always have. I can pick up my horn to warm up, and an idea will pop into my head, and I'll write it down and file it away for another time.
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I do believe that using fragrance is a plus. It's one of our senses and it's be a waste not to use our sense of smell. I also think smell is something that tells a lot about a person.
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The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.
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I don't know what keeps me going. Sometimes I wonder... I think it's just pure perseverance and wanting to succeed and having that burning desire to always have success.
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The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me.
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We all went up to Washington on a mission to change things. What I found is that the Founding Fathers set it up where it's a little more difficult to do. We've got the Senate and the president to deal with.
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I find it more than a little disingenuous to act as if keeping slaves was something that set Thomas Jefferson apart from all mankind.
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But, when Scripture makes a clear distinction between the act of creation and the process of preservation, we cannot accept the idea of a progressive creation process.
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I don't know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad.
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I've had three novels published, and I was working a little bit in theater in Ireland. I wrote one film script just to see what it would turn out like.
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I don't think I ever got proper credit about being smart about the game.
