Brent Metcalf Quotes
I don't want to give my opponent the satisfaction of watching me celebrate, which would make it look like a big deal that I beat him.
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The truth is, I just don't have the drive to be the prettiest and the thinnest. I can be happy for other people for their beauty.
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It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
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What I want is to respond to the challenge posed by the mass media - to permit the novel to say what can only be said by narrative - to allow it to be itself.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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Race, redemption and healing - that's my thing.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life.
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Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.
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I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.
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At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.
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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
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After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit of the Americas until it begins to make the decisions required.
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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I like what we've got at quarterback. I like our depth there. You know, we'll see.
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The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.
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If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, God speed her! She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of the great purposes of Providence for the advantage of mankind.
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Virtue, which breaks through opposition and all temptation can remove, most shines, and most is acceptable above.
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I know if I persist it will pay back in dividends and it always does. What starts to happen is like exercise, the pain goes away. It starts to get easier and the weight starts to get lighter and people start to notice a difference in you and you start to notice a difference in yourself. You find your ability to make decisions is easier; you find you are inspired more often. You find your success increases. You find that your random moments when you're in the flow are no longer random and you can control them. Other people notice the difference.
