I was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.
Lawrence Wright
Recitation: by Male by Female
It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.
Jim Courier
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There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish.
Jo Brand
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I've worked since I was 11 years old, playing music and following the dream, and shaking and moving and doing it. And then, you have cancer and it was like 'Ooooohh.' It was like a big eraser. It was the only thing in my life that had ever made me just stop.
Melissa Etheridge
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Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him play, so all I could do was read books and look at pictures.
Tony Gwynn
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You know, if you play on home soil sometimes funny things can happen and you have that push of the crowd.
Ruud Gullit
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Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
Rumi
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Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Words have power, and if you are going to use your words negatively, then that is exactly what is going to happen in your life.
Ashley Graham
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I met an internationally esteemed writer at a literary party being given in her honor. She was wearing a beautiful pink, flouncy, frilly dress. I complimented her on it. She said, 'Ach, it's my nightgown. I couldn't decide what else to wear.'
Ali Smith
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On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.
Placido Domingo
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I've been asked what differentiates war literature as a category, and I don't think there is anything.
Phil Klay
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We do know the welfare system, starting in the '60s, basically encouraged the dissolution of marriage, encouraged families to separate in order to get the benefits.
Scott Garrett
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