Ken Venturi Quotes
I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.
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It's those damn critics again.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
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I wouldn't trade a thing. Even the troubles that I had. I have become the husband and mate to my wife that I have because of what I went through, including the bad times. I wouldn't trade that.
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.
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Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.
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Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good explanation is all the rewrite you need.
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Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
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Fashion has this youth mania. But 70-year-old ladies don't have 18-year-old bodies, and 18-year-olds don't have a 70-year-old's dollars.
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Smart people tend to know what is happening in a group situation and how to deal with others in the most effective way. They ask good questions, listen to what others are saying, and stay engaged in conversations intently.
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I grew up with 'Star Trek,' so to get to do anything in it was fun for me.
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I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.
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The human mind has to ask "Who, what, whence, whither, why am I?" And it is very doubtful if the human mind can answer any of these questions.
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I no longer believe that William Shakespeare the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to him.
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Do we care about these people that are HIV-positive whose lives have been ruined? Those are the people I'm the most concerned about. Every night I think about this.
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At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.
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I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.
