C. Everett Koop (Charles Everett Koop) Quotes
When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.
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A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
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When I was maybe 22, 23 years old or so, I was sort of floating in between New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA - not really committed to one place.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
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Studies by several different researchers have shown that the number of lies we're told each day is anywhere from 20 - 200. To many, that will seem shockingly high. Yet it isn't, in light of humans being ill-suited to detect lies. The average human can detect a lie only 54% of the time.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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I put Tabasco sauce over everything. Or I put it on pretty much anything that wouldn't taste gross - I mean, I wouldn't put it on salad, but I like it on fried chicken, nachos... a lot of stuff.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
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This country is pretty amazing.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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My dad used to tour playing guitar with New Edition.
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I just want people to know out there no matter what they've done, God doesn't judge us on how many sins. God is there for us. He loves us. He wants us to turn it over to Him.
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My home and my upbringing and just the problems in my family within my extended family were such that it truly was a mix of the good, bad, and the ugly.
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A real capitalist knows that $10 given today does a lot more good than $100 given 10 years from now.
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When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.
