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When I was in first grade, the kids called me 'fatso.' It hurt, but the way I overcame it was to outrun every kid in the class. So I developed a thick skin, and athletics became my way of performing and being accepted.
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When I write, I'm not trying to be funny. It's the way I look at the world.
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When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.
"Billy" Sunday, The Man and his Message (1914) -
When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.
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When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.
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When they told me there would be a statue erected at Wrigley Field, I was happy with that. I know there will be a meeting place for a lot of people. There will be a conversation every day. They say now, 'I'll meet you at Ernie Banks' statue.' After Sept. 7, they'll say, 'I'll meet you by Billy Williams' statue.'
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When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
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When you grow up in the church, the only translation in that insular world that people understand is preaching. You're supposed to be a minister. So I was going down that path, and then I saw the Tonys.
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When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before.
In: Stapleton, Jim. Smashing Pumpkins (1996) -
When you put a book together and arrange it, there's a lot of anxiety and turmoil about what order the poems should be in.
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When you put a poem on a Kindle, the lines are broken in order to fit on the screen. And so instead of being the poet's decision, it becomes the device's decision.
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When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.
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Whenever I realize I'm being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience. No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.
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Whiskey and beer are all right in their place, but their place is in hell. The saloon hasn't one leg to stand on.
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White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.
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Who wants to get really granular with sabermetrics when you're going to see a two-and-a-half-hour Brad Pitt movie? You don't go to the cinema for a maths lesson.
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Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
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Why do people care about anything we do? We play in a crappy stadium, in a market that we share with another team, with one of the lowest payrolls in the game. Really, I'm not that interesting.
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With a fresh start, I hope it'll work out good. I know the whole Fox story and how he came over here and had a great year for them. I'm hoping that's what it'll be - fresh start, new faces, new team, new city. I'm looking forward to getting out there.
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