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Give to another human being without the expectation of a return.

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Bill Bradley
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 28
Basketball Player
Businessperson
Former U.S. Senator
Politician
Senior Advisor
Writer
Crystal City
Missouri
William Warren Bradley
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The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices
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We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that rarely shape events. Our long-term interests must be in people and in the values of democracy and individual liberty.
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A lot of people want to change the world, but only a few people want to change themselves. When it comes to the issue of race in America, we have to do both.
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When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.
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Mark Twain put it best when he said, 'Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated.
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I like the rough impersonality of New York ... Human relations are oiled by jokes, complaints, and confessions-all made with the assumption of never seeing the other person again.
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The point of the game is not how well the individual does, but whether the team wins. That's the beautiful heart of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for the group success.
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Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'
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People tell me, I'm glad you said that. But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as well as a commitment that leads to real change.
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Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
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Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
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Some people say we can never achieve our special destiny, but I say, in a world of new possibilities guided by goodness, we can and we will.
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Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game.
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I think the political process has degenerated into name-calling and extremism, and I think that that's unfortunate.
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How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key.
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When the playing is over, one can sense that one's youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone.
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The UN is committed to the goal of ensuring that all nations share in economic, social, & scientific progress. It delivers humanitarian assistance to the victims of wars and natural disasters.
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I might lose because I wasn't tall enough I might lose because I wasn't fast enough. But I wasn't going to lose because I wasn't ready.
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Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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