Bill Bowerman Quotes
I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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I just want my films to work. The hit or flop verdict really affects me. I seriously analyse what went wrong if a film turns out to be a dud!
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Anything that anybody wants to give me is great! I've had folk songs, heavy metal songs, jewellery... I would never call anything any fan gives me weird, as it's how people express what they like about the books, what it means to them, and that's a wonderful thing.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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You never think about what life's going to be like five years down the road or 10 - you just go though the day and try to make good decisions. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. You just hope this day will be a good day.
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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Stars arrive on their own timetable.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.
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I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.
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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
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The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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Man I made that nigga up and then found out that he is actually the creator of the word I said before-hand.
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I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.
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It's not easy to talk about things that are still hurting.
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I like to see the difference between good and evil as kind of like the foul line at a baseball game. It's very thin, it's made of something very flimsy like lime, and if you cross it, it really starts to blur where fair becomes foul and foul becomes fair.
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I still bother with runners I call hamburgers. They're never going to run any record times. But they can fulfill their own potential.
