Wellington Mara Quotes
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
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I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.
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I'm not afraid of the Canadian tuxedo.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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The attainments of the parent do not descend in the blood of his children, nor is the progress of man to be considered as a physical mutation of the species.
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One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.
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I wake up early. At 6:30 A.M., I'm at my most optimistic.
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As a physician, I'm somewhat an advocate of patients. How come, before Mike Webster, no NFL player was told or knew that there was an intrinsic risk of brain damage from playing football?
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I have never been one to run when tragedy strikes.
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Americans sometimes say to me that they have no class system themselves. All human beings have class systems. It can be based on a different thing in a different country, but the thing about breeding is, you can't buy it. You can't buy class.
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I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.
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As parents in private life teach wisdom to their children, so do poets in public life to their cities.
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I am the last President of the United States!
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I’m willing to look my own nightmare on film, but if it endangers my life, then I’m willing to put my life before movies.
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Besides," Shane said "I want to see Monica's face when she catches sight of the two of you. Kodak moment.
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We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.
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Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
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The political and social processes by which the Western European societies were put in order are not very apparent, have been forgotten, or have become habitual. They are part of our most familiar landscape, and we don't perceive them anymore. But most of them once scandalized people.
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Self-justification is a treacherous servant.
