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Jack Dempsey: Nobody owes anybody...

Jack Dempsey: Nobody owes anybody...

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

Source: In The...

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Jack Dempsey: Honey, I forgot...

Jack Dempsey: Honey, I forgot...

Honey, I forgot to duck.

Source: Comment to his wife after losing 1926 fight to...

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I know of...

I know of...

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be...

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When we as...

When we as...

When we as youngsters, would accuse our mother of picking on us her wise reply was, All you'll get from strangers is...

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His House colleagues...

His House colleagues...

His House colleagues still call him Jackie One Note joking that if you ask him how to solve the problem of teenage...

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The German passion...

The German passion...

The German passion for bureaucracy -- for written and signal forms . . . to move about, to work, to exist -- is like a...

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Genius is immediate,...

Genius is immediate,...

Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.

Source: In The Wit & Wisdom of Women,...

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We are told...

We are told...

We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because...

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I don't ask...

I don't ask...

I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and...

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Life is always...

Life is always...

Life is always walking up to us and saying, Come on in, the living's find, and what do we do? Back off and take its...

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I gave up...

I gave up...

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely...

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O J Simpson: The day you...

O J Simpson: The day you...

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start...

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Bruce Lee: To hell with...

Bruce Lee: To hell with...

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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John McEnroe: This taught me...

John McEnroe: This taught me...

This taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is. (after losing a championship)

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Arthur Ashe: If I were...

Arthur Ashe: If I were...

If I were to say, God, why me? about the bad things, then I should have said, God, why me? about the good things that...

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Bruce Jenner: I spent twelve...

Bruce Jenner: I spent twelve...

I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career...

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Black women have...

Black women have...

Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they built the...

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The most called-upon...

The most called-upon...

The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

Source: The...

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A promising young...

A promising young...

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his...

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You just never...

You just never...

You just never know when you're going into eternity.

Source: In The New Quotable...

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