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• The man of the true religious tradition understands two things: liberty and obedience. The first means knowing what you really want. The second means knowing what you really trust.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Religious, Mean, Men

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• Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.

  Juvenal

  Art, Philosophy, Food

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• (About importance of focusing on one sport at a time) I've never tried to do that, we have more of a holistic approach. We want to become better decathletes and better competitors. I think for us that means just toeing the line at whatever it is we're doing that day and being confident in preparing as best as we can. Later in the year, late in the season when we have all of the thousands of reps under our belt, we can try to maybe focus on one or two things and leave some stuff off one week. Really, we like to keep everything inside the routine and part of the process.

  Trey Hardee

  Sports, Athlete, Mean

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• It requires only two things to win credit for a miracle: a mountebank and a number of silly women.

  Marquis de Sade

  Atheist, Silly, Winning

  marquis de Sade (1927). “Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man”

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• Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother; that you can be a typist and a mom; that you can be a Vice President and a mom. One of the two things will win. Now look at your Bible and ask what you have to do.

  Alistair Begg

  Mom, Mother, Jobs

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• There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray.

  Lee Trevino

  Golf, Play, Two

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• The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

  Robyn Davidson

  Life, Motivational, Success

  Robyn Davidson (2012). “Tracks”, p.254, A&C Black

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• The battle of prayer is against two things in the earthlies: wandering thoughts and lack of intimacy with God's character as revealed in His word. Neither can be cured at once, but they can be cured by discipline.

  Oswald Chambers

  Prayer, Character, Two

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• PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The other is Pull.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Success, Congratulations, Two

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.189, University of Georgia Press

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• There are two things you can learn by stopping your backswing at the top and checking the position of your hands; how many hands you have, and which one is wearing the glove.

  Tom Mulligan

  Golf, Hands, Two

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• Rhythm and timing are the two things which we all must have, yet no one knows how to teach either.

  Bobby Jones

  Golf, Two, Timing

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• Defense can't guard two things in a row.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Two, Coaching

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• As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Offense And Defense, Two

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• In playing ball, and in life, a person occasionally gets the opportunity to do something great. When that time comes, only two things matter: being prepared to seize the moment and having the courage to take your best swing.

  Hank Aaron

  Carpe Diem, Opportunity, Swings

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• You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.

  Condoleezza Rice

  War, Hands, Two

  "Anderson Cooper 360°" with Erica Hill, edition.cnn.com. January 30, 2006.

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• Two things help me be a winner. One is I try to stay on an even keel. I don't get too high or too low. Two is I do a lot of visualization. I never see a bad pitch. I always see a good one.

  Ila Borders

  Motivational, Softball, Sports

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• Me and success are two things you don't wanna find yo ass between. Back against the wall like plasma screens.

  Drake

  Success, Wall, Humble

  Song: Asthma Team Freestyle

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• If you buy a book on golf instruction buy the thinnest book you can find. The thinner the book, chances are the easier and more elementary the instruction. It can do one of two things: help you more or hurt you less. Both are good compared to the alternative.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Hurt, Book, Golf

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• There were two things going on: 1) I had already established in my own mind where I wanted to go with the next series, and having James around as a Grey Eminence would have complicated matters. He had had an amazing life and it was time to bid him good-bye.

  Raymond E. Feist

  Goodbye, Two, Amazing Life

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• Dating means two things; disillusionment or a racing heart.

  Mae West

  Heart, Mean, Two

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• Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or wisdom, and we have come to realize that it is the first and less important of the two promises which it has kept most abundantly.

  Joseph Wood Krutch

  Wisdom, Two, Intelligence

  Joseph Wood Krutch (1956). “The Modern Temper”

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• There's nothing I need from anyone except love and respect, and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Gay, Two, Giving

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• I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.

  Leo Durocher

  Baseball, Games, Umpires

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• Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to do

  William James

  Inspiration, Exercise, Two

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• Just do two things: meditate, watch your thought processes; become just a spectator of your mind. That is meditation, becoming a witness. And second: follow the law, follow the natural course. Don't be unnatural, don't try to fight with nature - stop being a fighter. Learn how to relax with nature, learn to let go. Flow with nature, allow nature to possess you totally.

  Rajneesh

  Letting Go, Fighting, Law

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