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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly I never drop a player I only make changes.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly I don’t drop players. I make changes.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
Bill ShanklyBill Shankly
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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More on hard
It’s hard to fully enjoy your time on Earth without having your health.
Adam RodriguezAdam Rodriguez I think auditioning can be very reductive and I just hate how actors work really hard and most of them aren’t going to get the job, and I hate putting them through that.
Adam RappAdam Rapp No other nation can do that the way we can, and it’s going to be very hard for Congress to do it over his opposition.
Adam SchiffAdam Schiff You try not to because it’s hard and at times shameful, but then when you read those pages over and you see they have no life to them so you throw them away and force yourself to be more honest.
Adam HaslettAdam Haslett There’s few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.
Adam SavageAdam Savage lf. I wasn’t going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.
Adam LambertAdam Lambert You can march to your own beat. It’s so hard sometimes in our country because conformity is the way things are pushed.
Adam LambertAdam Lambert Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
Adam McKayAdam McKay
