Avery Brundage Quotes
Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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I've been watching 'Walking Dead' with my son, and there is absolutely nothing in there I find shocking, but it's cool, and I like it.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
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I give all the glory to God. It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into having no filter, and that was not good.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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You do the policy, I'll do the politics.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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I've always been interested in justice. I think what is happening to the Palestinians represents the ultimate injustice. I also hate bullies and the effect of them, the way people side with them out of fear. The Israelis are the schoolyard bullies, with England and the United States siding with them.
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We saw that the music industry was changing and we felt that it needed to change. We have wanted to do this for a very long time.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution.
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I think if you don't feel passionate about the first movie you're doing, in the end the project will lack something because you don't have enough experience to make the movie something special.
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Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.
