A Quote by Pearl Bailey
Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.
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Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.
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The thing is, everybody wants to be famous. Everybody wants to be successful. Everybody wants to be that dude, but not everybody wants to do the work for it. And I think that's probably one of the reasons why there's so many juniors and only a couple that make it. Because I really wanted it. I wanted it real bad.
Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.
When you're younger, everyone wants to be a point guard. Everyone wants to shoot fadeaway jump shots all day. Nobody wants to be a big man. Nobody wants to go stand on the block and just set picks.
Nobody wants to play bad football in a game; everybody wants to win, and every player wants to show how good he is. But, you know, sometimes you simply have a game where nothing is happening.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Everybody wants a seat at the table, but nobody wants to give up space.
Everybody wants to live forever, but nobody wants to grow old.
Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
Everybody wants happiness, and nobody wants pain, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.
Balancing the budget is like going to heaven. Everybody wants to do it, but nobody wants to do what you have to do to get there.
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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