Monte Irvin Quotes

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

Monte Irvin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 25, 1919 - January 11, 2016

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American families, families back home in Minnesota, know only too well that out-of-pocket expenses for health care have been rising at an astonishing rate.

Jim Ramstad

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I plainly felt that, had God given me such a retirement with the companion I desired, I should have forgotten the work for which I was born and have set up my rest in this world.

John Wesley

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But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks gagged through his own biography.

John Updike

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Maybe the bar is low, but most of the strips that are 50, 60, 70 years old that are on their second or third generation of artists, the humor is pretty bland. There are others by people that were raised on 'Family Guy' or 'South Park' that are edgier. Mine's not as edgy as those, but it's edgier than 'Beetle Bailey.'

Stephan Pastis

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I actually didn't finish NYU. I would have, but I was lucky enough to get my foot in the door before I graduated.

Simon Helberg

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In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

Tony Blair

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Don't get me wrong - intellectual snobbery is vulgar and gauche.

Robert Webb

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When you dance, you engage your abs in every step.

Mary Helen Bowers

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If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment - and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That's where respect comes from.

Michelle Obama

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I have a different mentality than most guys, I guess.

Jon Gruden

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It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

Johnny Vegas

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From the age of 4 or 5, I loved to make people laugh.

David Walton

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