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Matt Greene

10 quotes in 21 categories

[Wikipedia] Matthew George Greene is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Originally drafted in the second round, 44th overall, at the 2002 NHL entry draft by the Edmonton Oilers, he most notably served as an alternate captain for the Los Angeles Kings, with whom he won the Stanley Cup twice.

Quotes by Matt Greene

“I can tell my parents are unhappy by the way they smile at waiters. In that small act of ingratiation I can…

Parenting

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“Bungee Jump is to Suicide as General Anaesthetic is to Lethal Injection. You only know the difference on the way back up.”

Beauty

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“Loving someone means being prepared to do anything to protect them. Even if the only thing you can protect them from is…

Love

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“Having people talk down to you is the absolute worst part about being a kid.”

People Talk

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“Seeing this, I can’t imagine seeing it again and not thinking that the world is a gift.”

Appreciation

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“Simon Nagel is an Alkaline Jew and his grandfather was in a concentration camp (I forget which one. It’s definitely not Auschwitz…

Concentration camp

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“The window of opportunity is slamming shut on our fingers.”

Window of opportunity

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“This is the lesson: that sometimes something ugly is just something beautiful that I do not yet fully understand.”

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I can swear in sixty-seven different languages. But I can apologize in only three, which means I could get beat up in…

Different languages

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“Hope is not the thing with feathers. Hope is an anchor. What keeps you from floating away. Despair is weightless.”

Hope

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