Pat Boone (Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone) Quotes
In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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Most breast cancer-related deaths can be prevented through simple and painless preventive measures. A late diagnosis can result in more serious, long-term consequences.
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I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.
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I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.
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There are times that you have a plot in your head, but then you find that the characters don't want to do that. When you're looking at the story from the outside, you can create whatever twists and turns you want. But when you're writing, you're inside the characters' heads, and you see that they may be motivated to do something different.
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Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.
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In fact, the Senkaku Islands are... inherent territory of Japan that is recognized in our history and also by international law.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.
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Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.
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I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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I began by listening to my mother's collection of Amelita Galli-Curci and Lily Pons records, and then was taken (at age eight) to hear Pons at a Met performance of Lakme. It was at that moment that I decided to become an opera star. Not just an opera singer, but an opera star!
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I come from a place that likes grandeur; it likes large gestures. It is not inhibited by flourish. It is a rhetorical society. It is a society of physical performance. It is a society of style.
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The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
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In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
