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• I didn't care if we ever quit practicing. I loved it. The only other guy I ever knew who loved it as much was Jerry Duncan. He would beg to practice even when he was hurt. I've actually seen him cry because the trainer told him he couldn't scrimmage.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Hurt, Winning

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.8, Triumph Books

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• Well, I have a message for the nameless , gutless whimperers out there. Quit whining. Unlike some other shows, we here at CROSSFIRE actually present both sides of the issue. ... Look, if you want namby-pamby one-sided arguments go to Fox.

  Paul Begala

  Liberal Media, Issues, Looks

  "How Should Sex be Discussed in America's Classrooms?; Should Cameras be Allowed in Blake Trial?". “CNN Crossfire”, www.cnn.com. April 23, 2002.

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• Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity. The cause of civil liberty and civil government gains as little as that of religion by this confusion of duties. Those who quit their proper character to assume what does not belong to them are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave and of the character they assume.

  Edmund Burke

  Christian, Character, Healing

  Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.1388, Delphi Classics

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• Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didn't have anything which is, live with. I didn't have a friend so I didn't have a coach anymore.

  Olga Korbut

  Gymnastics, Nineteen, Six

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• My dad, as a guy, had to quit school in the ninth grade, fought in the Battle of the Bulge. And spent his life pushing wheel barrels of heavy wet cement. So we've gone from pushing cement to now in one generation pushing legislation. But we always want any president to succeed, to do well; that means America does well and Americans do well.

  John Barrasso

  Dad, School, Mean

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• If there's a deadline, I work late. If not, I like to have normal hours, and get up early and work. When things are going well, I hate to quit. And then I'll work 'till exhausted.

  Dave Brubeck

  Hate, Up Early, Normal

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• If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.

  Laura Bush

  Husband, Home, White

  "Laura Bush on U.S. Political Divide". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. August 3, 2004.

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• I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week.

  Saffron Burrows

  Strong, Thinking, Feminist

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• There wasn't a key moment when I knew I wanted to quit.

  Chris Cornell

  Keys, Moments, Wanted

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• I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to.

  Robert Caro

  Writing, Long, Afternoon

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• It's a long time until the next election, but it starts now. And if you truly want to see things change in the direction that our country is headed, you have to stay involved. You cannot quit now.

  Deb Fischer

  Country, Long, Want

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• The problem with New Year's resolutions - and resolutions to 'get in better shape' in general, which are very amorphous - is that people try to adopt too many behavioral changes at once. It doesn't work. I don't care if you're a world-class CEO - you'll quit.

  Tim Ferriss

  New Year, Class, Years

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• I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.

  Dave Grohl

  Ready, Felt

  Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2011.

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• When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.

  Loni Anderson

  Vanity, Issues, Weight

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• From whence, then, could arise the solitary and strange conceit that the Almighty, who had millions of worlds equally dependant on His protection, should quit the care of all the rest, and come to die in our world, because, they say, one man and one woman had eaten an apple?

  Thomas Paine

  Men, Our World, Apples

  Thomas Paine (1852). “The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology”, p.60

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• I sobered up and I got to thinking, girl, you ain't much fun since I quit drinking.

  Toby Keith

  Girl, Fun, Drinking

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• I'm never gonna quit, cause quitting' just ain't my schtick.

  Barry White

  Inspirational, Causes

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• So keep your chin up, boy, forget the pain. I know you'll make it, if you try again. There's no use in quitting, when the world is waiting for you.

  Roger Hodgson

  Inspirational, Pain, Boys

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• We gotta control inflation, quit spending our money on everything. But this years tax increase, why it's the biggest in history.

  Hank Williams, Jr.

  Years, Politics, Increase

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• If you quit once, it's so much easier to quit the second, third, fourth time.

  Michael Chang

  Easier, Thirds, Fourth

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• The smartest thing I did in law school: asking my future wife to go out dancing with me. The smartest thing I did when practicing law: quitting. The smartest thing I've done in writing: following my own head and writing what I wanted to write, and nothing but.

  Ben Fountain

  Writing, School, Law

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• I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing.

  Phil Hartman

  Acting, Disappointing, Decided

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• I do freestyle jumping. Been doing since I was eight years old and can't quit. I'm addicted. I've broken many bones, but I ride with confidence. It's my thing - there's no high on earth like it. It's my hobby and I really enjoy it.

  Vanilla Ice

  Jumping, Eight, Years

  "Catching Up with ...", www.washingtonpost.com. February 17, 2006.

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• I feel pretty used by the music industry, in that my contracts are written in such a way that I don't get paid. And that makes me wanna quit working for whoever thinks it is that I work for them. But I've clearly got a job that I can't quit.

  Jamey Johnson

  Jobs, Thinking, Way

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• My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it.

  Maureen Johnson

  Hate, Finding Yourself

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