"I want to be known as 'The Big Shakespeare.' It was Shakespeare that said, 'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them.'"

-- Shaquille O'Neal

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“Theres 3 things you need to remember in boxing, work hard, work harder, and work hardest”
“The place was packed as we flooded in, all the patrons freezing at the sight of an armed sheriff, two deputies, an Indian, and a construction worker; we probably looked like the Village People.”

Source : Craig Johnson (2013). “The Walt Longmire Mystery Series Boxed Set”, p.446, Penguin
“But really itâ€™s condescending and patronizing not to make fun of someone because theyâ€™re old or stupid or crippled or morbidly obese. Banged up people donâ€™t want your pity. They just want to be treated like everyone else. Mockery, when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. Itâ€™s the closest weâ€™ll ever come to true equality.”
“Your sister is the only creature on earth who shares your heritage, history, environment, DNA, bone structure, and contempt for stupid Aunt Gertie.”

Source : Linda Sunshine (2012). “Mom Loves Me Best: (And Other Lies You Told Your Sister)”, p.26, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.”

Source : "Sir Trevor McDonald". Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.
“All peoples are struggling to blast a way through the industrial monopoly of races and nations, but the Negro as a whole has failed to grasp its true significance and seems to delight in filling only that place created for him by the white man.”
“A Nation... is a group of persons united by a common error about their ancestry, and a common dislike of their neighbors”

Source : Karl Wolfgang Deutsch (1969). “Nationalism and its alternatives”
“When you are alone - at sea, in the polar dark - an absence can keep you alive. The one you love maintains your mind. But when she's merely across the city, this is an absence that eats you to the bone.”

Source : Anne Michaels (2009). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.55, A&C Black

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