"The only athletic sport I ever mastered was…" — Douglas William Jerrold
"The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon."
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39 Quotes by Douglas William Jerrold
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Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
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Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some…
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Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.
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In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.
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The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
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Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
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After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.
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He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply…
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A blessed companion is a book--a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend...a book that, at a touch, pours…
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We love peace, but not peace at any price.
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Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing.
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Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it…
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
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It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no…
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
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A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an…
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I want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say…
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The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think…
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I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and…
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If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always…
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