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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."
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"I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing."

"I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court."

"I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go."

"Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals."

"Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak."

"Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody."

"I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream."
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