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It was simple reality - most competitive tennis players in my day were privileged, spoiled, entitled and white. Also, many of them were beautiful, fit, tan and of good stock - great big hair and white teeth and long legs. Then there were the rest of us. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#beautiful #big #big hair #competitive #day

The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#another #birthday #celebrating #only #part

These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#back #before #cry #days #get

I had the luck of having an obedient body. ↗

— Burt Lancaster

#had #having #i #luck #obedient

I hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you. ↗

— Burt Lancaster

#every #hate #i #looking #once

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. ↗

— Ann Landers

#backward #future #gets #lies #life

This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#attainment #being #coercion #encouragement #forfeiture

Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised. ↗

— Ann Landers

#bear #being #carry #duty #even

I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck. ↗

— Ann Landers

#deck #feet #floor #four #hands

I am running for governor of Kentucky as the people's advocate. ↗

— Sonny Landham

#am #governor #i #i am #kentucky