P. T. Barnum Quotes
Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
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At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.
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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
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I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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My mum and I do cardio kickboxing classes together.
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My happy place is holding my daughter and my husband in the same hug. It really is. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it. I consider it such a privilege, and I know that I'm lucky. I never want to take it for granted.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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I really do not see why there is not a splendid field for good work on the music hall stage, and if I did not have my own theatre taking up my time, I should rather like to go into it.
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On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.
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Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.
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I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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You look into an encyclopedia and ask what fighter can do any type of martial art at a high-caliber level, my picture will show up.
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More matter with less art.
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I was shot at for being a Tamil in Sri Lanka, and then, everyone was calling me a Paki in London, and I'm not even Pakistani.
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Those who know God the best are the richest and most powerful in prayer. Little acquaintance with God, and strangeness and coldness to Him, make prayer a rare and feeble thing.
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Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches.
