Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
"Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life."
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C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things."
C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"Look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in"
Seneca the Younger
Philosopher, Statesman
"What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away."
Blake Edwards
Director, Producer
"Being thrown out of this place is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony."
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"A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time."
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"Let us make that one point - that no child will be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, or killed and thrown away."
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"Time elaborately thrown away."
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"Every punch that's thrown is mine. Every punch that's caught, I catch."
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"I don't get all the anger that is thrown at comedians."
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"Even the best of us are thrown off some- times."
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"The only truths that are useful are instruments to be thrown away."
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"My definition of success is not having things thrown at me!"
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"The words of some men are thrown forcibly against you and adhere like burrs."
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"I can be thrown by the wayside, but I'm looking at the stars."
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"Every punch was thrown with bad intentions."
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