Will Rogers, Jr. Quotes
His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry.
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Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ricky Hatton. He's a warrior. He's a hell of a warrior.
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I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I've always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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In writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars,' I had the freedom to go beyond the original script and add asides, soliloquys and even new scenes. The main characters all get a soliloquy or two - or in Luke's case, several.
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Turns out, I couldn't catch them - or even get close to them. I realized that sharks are amazing, beautiful animals who have absolutely no interest in checking me out.
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
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That was my dream, to compete against the best surfers in the best waves. But as a kid, it all seemed so unattainable. It was this big dream, but deep down I never thought it could really happen. But my parents always believed I could do it, and they helped me get through all the stages and take all the right steps.
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I didn't even respect singers until I heard Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong.
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I have affected the way women are regarded, and that's important to me.
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A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.
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You can have an interesting story about a person living an interesting life. And if it's done well, that is just as engaging as the end of the world. A million people dying - we can't process. One person, we can process.
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The high-rise was a huge machine designed to serve, not the collective body of tenants, but the individual resident in isolation.
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Mothers reflect God's loving presence on earth.
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Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I'm happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look - it's useable, functional muscle.
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It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the order of one event then you have to call it fiction or you get all the credits of non-fiction without paying the price.
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My mother lives with me in Milan, while my father travels to and from Savona. My parents take care of my money, too.
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His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father.
