Jim Valvano Quotes
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The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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I shifted my career when I was 44 to quit the Washington beats. I had a great Washington beat, a series of them, and I quit to start my tech column, which was a different kind of tech column.
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If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice. This may be taken as certain, and also that, through God's goodness, I am, and shall always be, as I always have been, subject to her.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.
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A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
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When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.
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One of the great sources of employment for people with Ph.D.s in geometry is the animation industry.
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I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.
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Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
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Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.
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How many people do you know who've had their dream come true? You're looking at one.
