John Atkinson Quotes

I don't even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being from Canada this is their Stanley Cup - they made it. It's hard enough to get here and it's hard enough to advance.

John Atkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: December 13, 1844 - March 13, 1931

Topics

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Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.

John Ciardi

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As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.

Ann Brashares

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The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great; the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.

Andy Stanley

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No one is an island. All these entities that drive economic development are interconnected in one sense or another.

Romesh Wadhwani

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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

Michel de Montaigne

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In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch.

Louis Susman

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The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Jules Renard

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I love everything about Philadelphia, and its food is like the city itself: real-deal, hearty, and without pretension. We've always had an underdog vibe as a city, but that just makes us try harder, and I love our scrappiness and scruffiness.

Lisa Scottoline

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You reach a point when you say to yourself, 'Do I want to keep doing this?' There are other things on my plate I want to do - I've been writing a play; I've been neglecting my standup.

Joy Behar

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I like Barack Obama.

Bobby Seale

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Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able to play football.

Peter Capaldi

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The world is full of challenges, but with those come opportunity, and I'm an opportunist.

Homaro Cantu

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