Mark Spitz Quotes
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Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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Liars do look you in the eye. They do not always stutter, stammer, blush or fidget.
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I don't do anything political on Sundays.
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If you're an independent voter, I'm willing to bet that you were not too happy at the prospect of hitting the polls on November 8, 2016. But let me guess – you did it anyway because after all, it's your civic duty, right?
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That's pretty much who I am. I like to get riled up. I feel like it brings the best out of me and the other guys.
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Starting a new business will take its toll on your time and energy, and this can place strain on family and social relationships, depending on their expectations and how open you are in your communication with them.
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If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a game show host.
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Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family.
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I loved 'Ghana Must Go' by Taiye Selasi. It's about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria when their estranged father passes away.
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He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
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Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than it is convenient for him to fancy. Now it is a poor sport that depends for its existence on the want of a voice in the sufferer, and of imagination in the sportsman.
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Could women's liberation ever be a revolutionary movement, not rhetorically but on the ground?
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Take inventory of everyone with whom you have contact.
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Ma pensée, c'est moi: voilà pourquoi je ne peux pas m'arrêter. J'existe parce que je pense … et je ne peux pas m'empêcher de penser.
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I like befriending my collaborators because I'd rather make music with people I like than people I pretend to like.
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The gratification you feel from making tangible progress while running is just about unparalleled, so I understand why people love it. But it's also hard, grueling work. Those feel-good benefits have to be earned four to five times a week.
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There is no doubt that terrorists acting under the banner of Islam have declared war on us.
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It was my first big relationship and it was just very abusive. I wouldn't give him the credit of naming him, if he ever reads this. But he was older, in the music business - or so he said.
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I invented the historical spy novel.
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Nothing in his life became him like leaving it.
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There's no wrong choice because, whatever you choose, that's meant for you.
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My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will.
Mark Spitz
