"Putting prize-fighting altogether aside as one of the unavoidable evils attending on this manly exercise, the inestimable value of boxing as a training, discipline, and development of boys and young men remains."

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John Boyle O'Reilly

#Fighting Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Boys Quotes

“There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.”

Source : The Twilight Zone (television show), 4 Mar. 1960
“Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.”

Source : Reginald Heber (1858). “The poetical works of Reginald Heber”, p.252
“Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye.”
“Many women feel it is natural to consult with their partners at every turn, while many men automatically make more decisions without consulting their partners.”
“Who I think is actually doing great things for the appearance of women is that Kardashian girl. Kim Kardashian is giving an alternative. I don't know very much about her and I don't read articles, but just looking at the pictures you go, "Great! There's a girl with an ass, and that's fabulous. On behalf of all girls with asses, thank you."”

Source : "Lucy Lawless Interview SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 21, 2011.
“My father died when I was two years old. But my mother was quite capable. She raised three children with his war pension which was peanuts. Yet we did not want for anything. We grew up with a certain parsimony, which is a nice thing. Then if life gives you more good, otherwise you get used to. I'm still thrifty.”
“What I don't like about teaching is hearing myself say the same thing. I mean, you just want to sort of shoot yourself after a while. But you don't have a million different ways of thinking about what you have been thinking about for many years. And then there's the truism that you're only as good as your students. If they're not into what's going on, it doesn't matter who you are.”

Source : Interview with James Yeh, believermag.com. January 1, 2018.
“Creative people often feel highs of joy and lows of sorrow that others may never experience, and perhaps could not even handle if they did. Little wonder many outside the creative world mistake (or dismiss) eccentric responses of the spirit as weakness or mental illness. But in the end, these dismissive souls will never know what it is to be moved by tears by the beauty of rose or brought to joy by sunlight filtering through the leaves of spring or autumn. The creative walk in glades invisible to those outside their realms.”

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