Dick Button quotes
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“Around the edge of the crowd was a little 13-year-old bouncing up and down with a grin that went from ear to ear. She was so happy for her sister. It was a charming moment, and I think thats the essence of what Emily Hughes is.”
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“That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.”
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“There is a popular fallacy that falling down is the mark of a poor skater. But the truth is that when one stops falling, he has probably stopped improving.”
-- Dick ButtonSource : Dick Button (1955). “Dick Button on Skates”
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“One of the reasons for putting yourself on the line, is that life is not simply treading water... I always felt that once you reach a certain point, you have to try and move ahead.”
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Source : "The Parenting Trap" by A. A. Gill, www.vanityfair.com. November 2, 2012.
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Source : "Naţionalitatea în artă" ("Nationality in Art") by A. C. Cuza, Bucureşti: Cartea Romaneasca, 1905.
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Source : A. L. Rowse (2016). “The Use of History”, p.45, Routledge
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“growth requires purposeful division. Responsible dissent is the essence of democracy.”
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“The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him.”
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