In America you’re conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ’s sake?
ARTHUR ASHEThroughout my formal education I spent many, many hours in public and school libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were. The current definitive answer to almost any question can be found within the four walls of most libraries.
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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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Life is like a tennis game. You can’t win without serving.
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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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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
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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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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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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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I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.
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I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
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