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James J. Corbett Quotes

Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

James J. Corbett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: September 1, 1866 - February 18, 1933

Topics

Patience Simple Simple Things Skill

I'd go to the library so I could sit in a big, quiet room and listen to pages being turned. There was a boring librarian who everyone in fifth grade hated. But I loved her because when she would read us stories in her soft voice, she'd turn my head into a snow globe.

Snow Voice Library Loved Quiet Go

I stay off the Internet, because I'm very sensitive to commentary. There could be 10 comments of 'Fabulous job!' and one 'She's horrible!' and it completely throws me.

Melissa Rosenberg

Job Me Internet She Fabulous Stay

Don't be afraid to make things up. Never fear being exposed as a fraud. Experts make things up all the time. They're qualified to.

Stephen Colbert

Fear Time Never Fraud Afraid Up

You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

You Back Play Know Hold Should

The problem of online identity is expressed best in an old 'New Yorker' cartoon with a picture of a dog next to a computer, and the dog says, 'No one online knows you're a dog.'

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Dog Best Identity Picture Problem

No, Islam did not lift American blacks out of poverty; capitalism did that.

Capitalism American Poverty Lift Out

I feel like the worst has happened to me, so what better person to skate to 'Madame Butterfly' than me?

Butterfly Me Better Person Better

Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life.

Life Forgiveness Day Rest You Your

The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it.

Blame Direction You Sometimes More

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

Work Home Truth Choices Say Outside

The best way to minimize disagreement is to make sure that all the stakeholders are in the room.

Best Way Disagreement Room Sure

When I was younger, watching movies, it felt like everything was glossy and beautiful, and I didn't really relate to it.

Beautiful Movies Watching Everything

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