Craig Brown Quotes
Children are perfectly happy to sit next to spiders; it is only grown-ups who are frightened away.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium.
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The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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A nation that hates politics will not long survive as a democracy.
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The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.
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If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance.
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Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
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Children are perfectly happy to sit next to spiders; it is only grown-ups who are frightened away.
