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Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#brief #brief moment #change #comes #embodiment

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#create #ends #get #happens #human

I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that. ↗

— Stephen Root

#chance #direct #had #haven #i

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more. ↗

— Pete Rose

#anything #father #good #make #me

I bet on the game of baseball and I bet on my team, even the mistakes I made, I have to take a different look at someone betting against their own team... that's throwing the game. ↗

— Pete Rose

#baseball #bet #betting #different #even

The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that's needed. ↗

— Charles Rosen

#carries #coming #confidence #contact #conviction

Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you. ↗

— Damon Runyon

#always #enough #long #may #money

Tricking your brain into thinking you are getting something sweet plays dirty tricks on your metabolism. ↗

— Mark Hyman

#dirty #getting #into #metabolism #plays

It may not necessarily reflect my current frame of mind. Sometimes I have to put myself at the point in time of the voice that I'm trying to sing with. ↗

— Todd Rundgren

#frame #i #may #mind #myself

It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else. ↗

— Gerd von Rundstedt

#cannot #destroyed #else #find #first