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I didn't think I had a chance. I was about as na�ve as you can possibly get. It was like I woke up one day in the thick of everything, dealing with a lot of controversial issues.


Joe Fontaine

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JOE FONTAINE Through my whole career I've walked the fence and been beaten up by both sides.
JOE FONTAINE Mia: I was sixteen when I first realized my mom was more concerned about my appearance than I was…...
MIA FONTAINE Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances.
LA FONTAINE My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands.
JUST FONTAINE I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to t...
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CHARLES FONTAINE The public is willing to pay tolls. What they're not willing to do is stop and pay at toll booths.
JEFF FONTAINE Were David Sarnoff alive today, there would almost surely be no place for him in the company [RCA] h...
CHARLES FONTAINE Just as XML is taking over integration categories, people will choose ODF.
ARTHUR FONTAINE It's like a malady you always manage. You never cure it.
ARTHUR FONTAINE It's like any other direct marketing activity. It's not how much you send out, it's how many hits yo...
ARTHUR FONTAINE The main problem in marriage is that for a man sex is a hunger like eating. If the man is hungry and...
JOAN FONTAINE The main problem in marriage is that for a man sex is a hunger like eating. If the man is hungry and...
JOAN FONTAINE In the acquire-or-be-acquired corporate mayhem of the 1980s, the mantle of management has passed to ...
CHARLES FONTAINE I think it is an isolated situation. It's just a piece that wore out. I don't think it's symptomatic...
JEFF FONTAINE You never know how important something is, until it's gone.
JULIAN FONTAINE Don't let people run your life. It's yours. You run it, the way you want it.
JULIAN FONTAINE "When you are not looking, they find you, the people that you always missed when you were looking." ...
RACHAEL FONTAINE If I can go on stage in a bikini and heels and still show I am confident and I like how I look no ma...
MARLIA FONTAINE People who have nothing to give, tend to give the most.
JULIAN FONTAINE I hope I'll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan.
JOAN FONTAINE It's a disaster. I've lived all over Canada and it's the worst ice storm I've ever seen.
COLETTE FONTAINE Be honest with yourself. Think about the necessary steps to get there.
MARLIA FONTAINE Always think big and go for your goals.
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CLAIRE FONTAINE Besides, teams are less attacking now.
JUST FONTAINE Only two journalists followed the team around.
JUST FONTAINE My mind was not on the record - I turned down the chance to take a penalty in the third-place game.
JUST FONTAINE Nowadays, as soon as a striker scores three goals, everyone starts asking him about it.
JUST FONTAINE I spent my first twenty years in Morocco, where I coached the national team.
JUST FONTAINE I think I'll take my record of 13 goals to the grave.
JUST FONTAINE As soon as he thinks about the record, he's finished. The secret is to put it out of your mind.
JUST FONTAINE Fifth is great, especially as I was forced to retire when I was 26 - right at the moment when I was ...
JUST FONTAINE To beat my record, a side would really have to go for it, or a player would need to go on a goal spr...
JUST FONTAINE One of the concerns is that if we wait to build, the cost of construction will continue to escalate,...
JEFF FONTAINE It's a condition of the need for revenue and the evolution of technology. Even at the national level...
JEFF FONTAINE We're looking at where it has been used.
JEFF FONTAINE There's a human face to it this time around. I think the climate has changed.
MICHELLE FONTAINE We have to wait and see how this storm develops, ... We don't have a sense of panic in the market ye...
PETER FONTAINE This situation is entirely unacceptable,
PHIL FONTAINE Belgium thinks that however great the peril which a country might have to undergo under the system w...
HENRI LA FONTAINE International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by...
HENRI LA FONTAINE Peoples will be as before, the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to the meadows as it pleases the...
HENRI LA FONTAINE He had that kind of power and athletic ability, as a kid. He was a shortstop, but we had Gary DiSarc...
BOB FONTAINE JR He realized the longer he waited, the better the look he had. He knew what pitchers trying to do. Wh...
BOB FONTAINE JR They'd use wood rather than aluminum bats, so you'd get a better idea of what to expect. The first t...
BOB FONTAINE JR We signed him to be an impact power hitter and he's been just that.
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MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE People who make no noise are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, no...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE In short, Luck's always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE By the work one knows the workman.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A hungry stomach cannot hear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never. [Fr., Patience et longueur de te...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more. [Fr., Rien n'est si da...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous with...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Patience and the passage of time do more than strength and fury.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE He knows the universe and does not know himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Still people are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Luck's always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE In short, luck's always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The argument of the strongest is always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what sh...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE One returns to the place one came from.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE By the work one knows the workmen.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Better a living beggar than a buried emperor. [Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE In my end is my beginning.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE We ought to consider the end in everything. [Fr., En toute chose il faut considerer la fin.]
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father. [Fr., Est bien fou du cer...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, ...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The reasoning of the strongest is always the best. [Fr., La raison du plus fort est toujours la me...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon a...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. [Fr., L'exemple es...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodl...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. [Fr., Tous ch...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Rome was not built in a day.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE There is no road of flowers leading to glory
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one ...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? [Fr., Il ne ...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE 'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. [Fr., Nous ...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE We become innocent when we are unfortunate. [Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "what a dust I raise."
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend;
A wise enemy is worth more.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE In everything one must consider the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Diversity, that is my motto. [Fr., Diversite, c'est ma devise.]
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, no...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompe...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than ones...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Thus oft a struggle to escape - But lands us in a still worse scrape
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The sign brings customers
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE They are too green, he said, and only good for boobies.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A person often meets his destiny in the road he took to avoid it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE In this world we must help one another.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE I bend but do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE It's a double pleasure to trick the trickster.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE It is double pleasing to trick the trickster.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE This fellow did not see further than his own nose.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The greatest ass of the three is not the one you would think.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE We believe no evil till the evil's done
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE In all matters one must consider the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Well, my friend, get me out of danger. You can make your speech afterwards.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The ant is no lender; that is the least of her faults.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Better a living beggar than a buried emperor
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE I bend and do not break
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Beware so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats; neither fear nor shame can cure them
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous with...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Lynx-eyes to our neighbors, and moles to ourselves
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Let us not be so difficult; the most accommodating are the cleverest.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE A hungry stomach cannot hear
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE There is nothing useless to men of sense
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Help thyself and Heaven will help thee
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JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE The strongest passion is fear
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE But the shortest works are always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Patience and time do more than force and rage.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE People must help one another; it is nature's law.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Compromise is only comfortable to the man who is outside the presence of God.
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JOE JOE DAWSON Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life.
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JOE FRAZIER When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.
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