Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes
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Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.
Walter Johnson
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When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.
Dan Quinn
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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
Barbara Walters
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
G. Willow Wilson
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Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.
Karl Jaspers
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It took a long while for me to even put out a record because there were so many options of how to do a song, and in some respects, I'm never totally happy with the outcome.
Rain Phoenix
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I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even to the deeply religious - that religious fanaticism is an extremely dangerous deranger of otherwise sane and goodhearted people.
Daniel Dennett
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Orson Welles
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To deal with local pollution, China has put on the agenda the capping of coal, which has long been a sensitive issue.
Ma Jun
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
Namie Amuro
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
H. L. Mencken
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
Jack Nicklaus
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I have matured with the realization that I can live without a man!
Lana Turner
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I was not in 'Iron Man 2,' but I take a daily iron supplement.
Dana Carvey
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Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
P. J. O'Rourke
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It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
Queen Christina
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Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.
Chester W. Nimitz
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Outside of 'Justified,' I do like to keep it to comedy. When I'm not there, I try to seek out stuff that sort of more along the lighter fare. I have more fun on those sets than I do on drama sets just because when it's heavy, it's heavy, and it's hard to get away from it.
Natalie Zea
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I feel humiliated that I live in a country that demands more already. Why do we cling to the notion that not only must we maintain the current level of consumption, but that it must continue to grow by an exponential factor of 2 to 7 percent every year?
David Suzuki
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One half of her should not be always so much wiser than the other half.
Jane Austen
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So long as man resists a situation, he will have it with him.
Florence Scovel Shinn