Lou Holtz Quotes
Do what's right! Do the best you can and treat others the way you want to be treated because they will ask three questions: (1) Can I trust you? (2) Are you committed? (3) Do you care about me as a person?
Quotes to Explore
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I actually 'brought to Jesus.'
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The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
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The second trial was a fair trial. I do not call it a second trial. I call it a fair trial, as opposed to the first trial, which was an unfair trial, a Roman holiday.
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This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.
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A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
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We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
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I buy when other people are selling.
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If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.
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These tensions, and the trade situation, are not supportive to any of the players in aerospace, we don't think we'll be losing more than the other guys in that situation, but we think it should be resolved in one way or another that enables global businesses like aviation to continue to grow.
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To hate is to show you still care, who needs that, focus on what's really important.
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I'm interested in all forms of performance, yet I think it's difficult to be as equally talented in all of them as they call for such different skills. At the moment, I still feel I'm learning and want as much experience and variety as possible.
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I don't really base any of my characters on specific people that I know, although my characters are informed by the kind of people who live in my community.
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Do what's right! Do the best you can and treat others the way you want to be treated because they will ask three questions: (1) Can I trust you? (2) Are you committed? (3) Do you care about me as a person?
