Andre Ward Quotes
The guys that I beat in the 'Super Six,' every one of those fights was tough, even if I did dominate some.
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It was in a stonecutter's house where I went to have a headstone made for Raftery's grave that I found a manuscript book of his poems, written out in the clear beautiful Irish characters.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don't understand how, or we wouldn't do it. But we're parents. So somehow we're damaging you, and I want you to know that early. So just ignore me when I go to that part of my parenting.'
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It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack.
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I did not have one bad spell during writing - an unprecedented record.
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I felt like the world of baseball in 1919 was much closer to what A-ball would be now - guys riding buses, there's no training staff, and there's a lot of paranoia.
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Please don't erase my race because I'm white-passing. There is literally nothing I can do about my complexion.
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You know what, my faith is like this - when I die, I'm going to live with God forever and ever. But I believe He wants us to have a good life here on Earth.
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I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music.
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To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
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Being successful is about professionalism, and chewing gum is unprofessional. Its also a huge pet peeve of mine.
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I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because in my opinion once that happens you X-out everyone else.
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I want to get up at 6 A.M. and go swimming and do 30 lengths.
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Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite end in the theories of Karl Marx.
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I'm not set on a pedestal where I think I'm too high and mighty.
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After military service, the most patriotic thing you can do as a wealthy person is pay your taxes.
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Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.
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I don't believe in inspiration at all. We live in a world that demands explanation. And fiction has the capability to offer explanations for things.
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Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.
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Heath, I believed in him when I first met him, and helped and supported him. He went on to obvious success in the States and then I had him support me. It can be a lonely, horrible, hard place. It's great just to have someone to call to say 'I know, man, I was there'
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The guys that I beat in the 'Super Six,' every one of those fights was tough, even if I did dominate some.
