"Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something."

-- Josh Billings

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“The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering.”
“I know who the Versace woman is because I wear the clothes myself.”
“Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing.”

Source : Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books
“Doesn't it get on my nerves when people say science doesn't know everything. Science knows it doesn't know everything otherwise it would stop. Just becuase science doesn't know everything doesn't mean you can fill in the gaps with whatever fairy-tale appeals to you.”
“Surely a good therapist should produce a Dorian Gray-style portrait from under the couch so the patient can see the person they really are.”
“I used to say: "Everything is Representation Theory". Now I say: "Nothing is Representation Theory".”
“Who invented political tolerance? The English invented it, it's something which has taken roots with some difficulty in Scottish politics.”

Source : "Is Britishness a generous thing, or has it damaged England?". www.opendemocracy.net. January 17, 2012.
“If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.”

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