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As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit - and parking as close to the stadium as possible. — Bill Vaughan
What is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense! Not jack up… — Bobby Knight
I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential — John Wooden
Push yourself to keep improving or you'll stay as close to the bottom as you are to the top — John Wooden
Thus these three amendments to the Constitution [13th, 14th, 15th] were ratified while the ten Southern states were under martial law, and "had no law… — Eustace Mullins
Take care of yourself: When you don't sleep, eat crap, don't exercise, and are living off adrenaline for too long, your performance suffers. Your decisions… — Evan Williams
Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the preference for liquidity,… — John Maynard Keynes
Man cannot long survive without air, water, and sleep. Next in importance comes food. And close on its heels, solitude. — Thomas Szasz
I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close… — Natalie Massenet
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still must close our minds for the… — George Bernard Shaw
I never dreamed of being Shakespeare or Goethe, and I never expected to hold the great mirror of truth up before the world; I dreamed… — Peter Altenberg
Any group of persons â€“ prisoners, primitives, pilots, or patients â€“ develop a life of their own that becomes meaningful, reasonable and normal once you… — Erving Goffman
The restaurants close here in Salzburg. They don't really have a nightlife in the winter time. — Cecilia Bartoli
The Christian in prayer comes up close to God, with a humble boldness of faith, and takes hold of him, wrestles with him; yea, will… — William Gurnall
Be just the way you have always been, with this difference: do not believe any of it, and pay close attention to all of it. — Cheri Huber
Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first… — Chogyam Trungpa
Above our heads exists an infinity of unfathomable fantasiastics: and fields of future fireside fables trail close behind — Brandon Boyd
To truly prepare for the unexpected, you've got to position yourself to keep a couple of options open so when the door of opportunity opens,… — Pierre Omidyar
A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provided they come close together. — Federico Fellini
The only way to live in any true security is to live so close to the bottom that when you fall you do not have… — Dorothy Day

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