"Dempsey could beat anybody he could hit. The only reason that he couldn't do anything with fellows like Tunney or Greb or myself was he couldn't hit us."

-- Tommy Gibbons

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“I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.”
“It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.”

Source : Agnes Repplier (2015). “Americans and Others”, p.24, Sheba Blake Publishing
“I first noticed how the sound of water is like the talk of human voices, and would sometimes wake in the night and listen, thinking that a crowd of people were coming through the woods.”
“Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.”

Source : Stephen Levine, Ondrea Levine (2012). “Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying”, p.14, Anchor
“Obviously, I can't perform; admittedly, I'm terrible.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert.”
“Historically, it appears that society has capitalized on what is at most a degree of difference between the sexes in order to institutionalize the polarization of aggression.”
“Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die.”

Source : Mary Zimmerman, David R. Slavitt (2002). “Metamorphoses: A Play”, p.83, Northwestern University Press

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