Ted Lyons Quotes
I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary.
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
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Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.
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Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world.
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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I hate competition.
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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I think mental illness is a slippery slope to talk about these days because people are overly diagnosed, overly prescribed, overly everything.
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The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
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I come from the small town of Sialkot in Pakistan. During pre-Partition, this town had the highest literacy rate among women.
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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I'm admittedly not that into the Internet.
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Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.
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There is no more moving a professional relationship than that between a law clerk and a Supreme Court justice. As a place to work, the court is unique in its intimacy and intensity.
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You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.
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I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary.
