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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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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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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Nobody really knows what makes a hit TV show.
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I think wealthy conservatives are busy investing in profit and job creation and enterprise, and wealthy liberals, many of them either from the media industry themselves or from - they recognize the value of communications and are more ready to put money into a less profitable enterprise, namely the media.
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The female body is a beautiful thing, and it should be embraced and celebrated.
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I grew up playing sports, and my dad was always really into that, very passionate about that, as was I, but even my passion for music far outweighs what it was for sports. That's hard for me to believe. And it's hard for me to believe that my parents' passion for music far outweighs their passion for sports, but it does.
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I like to walk around my apartment naked. I like sitting around in the nude watching sports, actually.
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Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.
