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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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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Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking.
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We are borrowing money from future generations. We are borrowing the carbon impact, the resource impact from future generations to get stuff cheap now. We have swept the dirt and dust from our society under the carpet - but this carpet is on other side of the planet.
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The fundamental reality for every worker, from sweeper to executive vice-president, is the eight hours or so that he spends on the job. In our society of organizations, it is the job through which the great majority has access to achievement, to fulfillment, and to community.
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I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says.
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Clinton left the White House with all the class of an XFL halftime show.
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My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will.
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