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It strikes me that these days, clubs don't even want players who can truly play any more; they just want athletes, quick… — Robbie Fowler Copy Share Image
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Golf is the only sport I know of where a player pays for every mistake. A man can muff a serve in… — Lloyd Mangrum Copy Share Image
I've kept journals at many times in my life starting from when I was about 13 or 14. But it's boring and… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Don't fall into the trap of having to have everything perfect to write or wait until the mood strikes you. If you… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Inflation is not a Robin Hood, taking from the rich to give to the poor. Rather, it deals most cruelly with those… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
This pride of race is a quality which the German, fundamentally, does not possess. The reason for this is that for these… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Sometimes all that saves me is being willing to make mistakes. There are projects that strike me as so beautiful, important, complicated,… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
I stared at the Ohio River every day as a child, a thing that for me is almost more symbol than river.… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
I've said it would have to be our Empire Strikes Back for me to come back and for me to pull the… — Joseph Kosinski Copy Share Image
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I don't think that the administration is being particularly honest with the American people about what this is going to cost in… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
People will complain that they don't want to wait around for lightning to strike, but why not? If you invest yourself in… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
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What the ordinary person means by a 'miracle' is some gross distortion or suspension of the laws of nature... but life itself… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
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The whole concept of dividing it up into 'value' and 'growth' strikes me as twaddle. It's convenient for a bunch of pension… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
America overflows with specious "victims" demanding redress for spurious grievances. However, one genuinely oppressed minority is getting overdue relief. Beginning with spring… — George Will Copy Share Image
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To suppose that safety-first consists in having a small gamble in a large number of different companies where I have no information… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save millions of people, or even our entire species. And, as human beings, we can… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
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What Franklin Roosevelt did, which really offended them, was he strengthened the labor unions - made it possible for them to strike.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I also became inspired by impressionist painters such as Renoir, and wanted to do the same sort of thing with music-portray whatever… — Lenny Breau Copy Share Image
Workers do not strike every day, they cannot do that the way they function in the capitalist economy. The way they have… — Ernest Mandel Copy Share Image
The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when… — Ted Olson Copy Share Image
Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow… — John Aubrey Copy Share Image
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Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby. No… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
When you sit down and focus on the matches and series that took place during the 12 month period it strikes you… — Sunil Gavaskar Copy Share Image
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