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Vernon Howard Quotes

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: March 16, 1918 - August 23, 1992

Topics

Strength Lion Strong Sheep Person

Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

Work Service Important Civil Rights

Personally, I never had any negative encounters with the law growing up.

Law Growing Up Negative Growing Up

Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again some people deserve a pat on the back. What I try and do is compliment folk who deserve a compliment, and chew folks out who deserve to be chewed out.

Judge Mills Lane

People Think Back Compliment Try

My parents said that I was nine months old and would throw myself out of the crib onto the floor continually. As soon as they left the room after putting me back in they'd hear a big bump and I'd be on the floor again.

Johnny Knoxville

Myself Parents Me Back Said Out

Statistically, I'd say there are about as many gay figure skaters as there are gay football players. The majority are straight. There are just those few exceptions, and those are the ones who have gotten picked on and followed over the years.

Football Gay Say Over Years Just

I can handle the craziness some of the time, maybe most of the time. But I know I can't handle it all of the time.

Time I Can Know Handle Craziness

Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. But I want to bring forward a fantastic manifesto for taking the city forwards.

City Tough Forward Want Economy

Writing is possibly an art, but crime writing is definitely a craft.

Art Writing Crime Craft Definitely

My father used to say I would inherit his house but not his seat.

Ali Bongo Ondimba

Father House Say Seat Used Would

I used to love stage above all, but that was when I was a single man. As I get older, the time commitment gets harder for theatre.

Love Time Commitment Man Theatre

I feel more like an environmentalist since I've been up here. There are parts of the Earth that are covered with pollution all the time. I saw weather that was unexpected. Storms bigger than we've seen in the past. This is a human effect. This is not a natural phenomenon.

Time Past Weather Feel Unexpected

I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional core.

Music Job Present Try See Emotional

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