A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
ARTHUR ASHEThe best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, “Let’s see if he can juggle another one.”
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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I spent many, many hours in libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That’s no contribution to society. Tennis was purely selfish; that was for me.
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
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The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, “Did I make the best use of the time I had?
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I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.
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