Ken Casey (Kenneth William "Ken" Casey Jr.) Quotes
I’ll always say I think it’s all hard work. There are a few strokes of luck, and the rest has been hard work. But the thing is, if you’re not working hard, you don’t put yourself in the position for the good luck to happen.
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A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.
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I have made that one of my policies never to play anything that I've already put on record.
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Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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I am not a second option person. It is that or nothing. If it is not the way I see it I prefer not to see it.
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I can't live without a sense of humor. I need to be laughing and entertained at all times.
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The best memories on tour are always of kids who tell me they are going to run back to their classrooms and start writing!
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I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.
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Celebrity farmer. Now there's a phrase that should be an oxymoron. There are farmers on both sides of my family, and I can attest that the overlap between the way farmers live, work and think, and celebrity culture, is exactly 0%.
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I try to live my life to the best, but I just always preach that you should just work hard and do your best.
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I’ll always say I think it’s all hard work. There are a few strokes of luck, and the rest has been hard work. But the thing is, if you’re not working hard, you don’t put yourself in the position for the good luck to happen.
