John C. Maxwell Quotes
The most talented do not always end up as celebrities, and those with less talent often do. Upsets are written into our history and occur around us every day.
Quotes to Explore
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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People take things so seriously.
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What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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As a former teacher and someone who has devoted her entire career to children and public schools, I understand the pain and frustration of parents who feel their children are not receiving the education they deserve.
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I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.
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I always want to work on things that really scare me and interest me at the same time, and you know, I definitely had some projects in the past that did that, but the stars never aligned in getting them up. So 'Lion' was another project that really interested me, and the stars did align on this one. It just happened to be my first film!
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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So I just got on the phone and the engineer just patched me in and I did reports. I'd get a community leader and bring him to the phone, call up the station and do an interview over the phone with the guy.
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If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.
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I graduated from the University of Whatever.
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Islam has always been a part of America's story.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it.
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To me, country music's about life. It's about Monday through Friday. It's the blue-collar, 40-hour week, songs about life. It used to have more of a sound, but I think the heart of that's still the same. It's still American music.
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His brain ached with the want of knowing.
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The most talented do not always end up as celebrities, and those with less talent often do. Upsets are written into our history and occur around us every day.
