You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
ARTHUR ASHETrust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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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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Start where you are, use what you have.
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If one’s reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.
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I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.
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It doesn’t have to glitter to be gold.
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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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It’s an abnormal world I live in. I don’t belong anywhere. It’s like I’m floating down the middle. I’m never quite sure where I am.
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
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Fear isn’t an excuse to come to a standstill. It’s the impetus to step up and strike.
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I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.
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Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
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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 don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.
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Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.
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If you’re paid before you walk on the court, what’s the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
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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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