Brander Matthews Quotes
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I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.
Webb Simpson
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
Victoria Pendleton
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Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.
Isaac Hanson
Hanson
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Rich people don't like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don't go in much for revolution or terrorism, either.
P. J. O'Rourke
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The most frequently asked question I hear first-time entrepreneurs ask is, 'How do I know when to launch my product?' The answer, more often than not, should be: 'Now!'
Naveen Jain
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I trust that the president will try, just give it one more shot, some revolutionary way of not doing this, of bringing all those kids back home safely.
F. Murray Abraham
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Before I had a record deal, I was living in New York and playing anywhere I could, from somebody's house to an open mic to coffeeshops.
Langhorne Slim
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As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.
Victor Cruz
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In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.
Dalai Lama
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If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.
Ira Glass
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It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.
Caleb Cushing
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At 86, I can easily look back to the last eight decades. Though memory often fails me now, so many images of the past are still clearly polished, and I can yet recall not just an abiding sense of place, but the keen smells, the sensory responses to the events of that past.
F. Sionil Jose
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Even though, theoretically, being a composer and being a songwriter are the same thing, in my brain, they are completely different. When I am in my composing mode, I go into my studio and turn that part of my brain on like a faucet. And when I finish, I turn it off. But with songwriting, that process is much more elusive.
Michael Bacon
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
W. Bruce Cameron
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My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a strict disciplinarian. He kind of laid down the law.
Larry Fitzgerald
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The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.
Salman Khan
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Well-lit streets discourage sin, but don't overdo it.
William Kennedy
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A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.
Brander Matthews
