"Maybe it wasn't the talent the Lord gave me-maybe it was the passion."

-- Wayne Gretzky

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“I was much affected by the internal troubles of the Punch family; I thought that with a little more tact on the part of Mrs. Punch and some restraint held over a temper, naturally violent, by Mr. Punch, a great deal of this sad misunderstanding might have been prevented.”

Source : Edmund Gosse (2012). “Father and Son”, p.43, Simon and Schuster
“That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.”
“The Iraqi elections were an important first step.”
“I'm kinda racist... I don't really like dark butts too much... It's rare that I do dark butts. Like really rare... It's like, no darker than me. No darker than me. I love the pool test.... If you can be like 'Yo, baby. I met you in the club. Let's go back to my house. Jump in the pool exactly like you are.'-And you don't come looking better wet than you were before you got in the pool then that's not a good look.”
“I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you're a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level.”
“It is not true that there is dignity in all work. Some jobs are definitely better than others.... People who have good jobs are happy, rich, and well dressed. People who have bad jobs are unhappy, poor and use meat extenders. Those who seek dignity in the type of work that compels them to help hamburgers are certain to be disappointed.”
“Don't look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut.”
“The rule, I think, is: Do your homework, learn what there is to learn about the real world, and then when you get in the room, forget it all.”

Source : "The Worst Day Ever". Interview with James Surowiecki, www.slate.com. January 17, 2006.

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