O. Henry Quotes
Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.
Quotes to Explore
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I always knew I had a voice and I've always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think it's the hardest thing to do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realized it's what I'm most talented at and what I love to do the most.
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A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
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With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
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What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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Venus favors the bold.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.
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Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative people, and that's when the beginning of the end started. It's all based on money instead of art and creativity.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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The horrific damage of 9/11 did not end when those buildings came down.
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We have to provide more visibility, more certainty to the investors and reduce the cost of failure.
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So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.
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Adult stem cells are also problematic, as they are difficult to identify, purify and grow, and simply may not exist for certain diseased tissues that need to be replaced.
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If you have a large family like ours, you have to fight to get your point across, and I think I learned that from my dad.
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Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.
