"Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life."
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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."
"Let us make that one point - that no child will be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, or killed and thrown away."
"Time elaborately thrown away."
"Every punch that's thrown is mine. Every punch that's caught, I catch."
"I don't get all the anger that is thrown at comedians."
"Even the best of us are thrown off some- times."
"The only truths that are useful are instruments to be thrown away."
"My definition of success is not having things thrown at me!"
"The words of some men are thrown forcibly against you and adhere like burrs."
"I can be thrown by the wayside, but I'm looking at the stars."
"Every punch was thrown with bad intentions."