"I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights."
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"Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.“
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"There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much."
-John Wooden
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"I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me."
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"I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it."
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"There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much."
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"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
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