Warren Farrell Quotes
Any guy who’s played team sports has practiced a skill I call 'team sport empathy': he’s practiced focusing on anticipating the other team’s moves. That means figuring out their way of looking at the situation.
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Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa.
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.
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The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I have this 'Alice in Wonderland' idea in my head that a garden should be a place of wonderment.
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The acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. The greatest ability is dependability. The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all depends upon you.
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I haven't been back in Montreal, at all, since the playoffs ended two years ago. It's been a while.
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It’s interesting that in the Bible, in the book of Ecclesiastes, the only practical advice given about living a meaningful life is to find a job you like, enjoy your marriage, and obey God. It’s as though God is saying, Write a good story, take somebody with you, and let me help.
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Sometimes sports serves as a reprieve from politics, and sometimes it serves as an extension of it.
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Any guy who’s played team sports has practiced a skill I call 'team sport empathy': he’s practiced focusing on anticipating the other team’s moves. That means figuring out their way of looking at the situation.
