Mark Spitz Quotes
When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the mustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it - and everybody was talking about it - that I decided to keep it.Mark Spitz
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Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
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When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.
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I don't get tired of my work because you can't get tired of something you love and enjoy! But, having said that, I wish to get a break of four to five days, or at least three days, switch off my cell phone, and do what I want to.
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I was going to be the head wrangler at a ranch in Wyoming, and the reason I didn't take the job is because I couldn't have my family there - the family had to stay in town. I just wasn't willing to do that.
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I don't know how people do this job collaboratively if they don't really get along. You're spending all day every day for months and years on end with somebody.
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I don't idealise women. I enjoy them. I have been married to two of the most independent women it is possible to think of.
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There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.
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I've been racing for my whole life, and I know what I need to do to be able to win.
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The trouble with opportunity is, it never announces when it comes. It's only after it's gone, you'd realize that you missed it.
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All history is modern history.
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I pray the gods will give me some reliefAnd end this weary job. One long full yearI've been lying here, on this rooftop,The palace of the sons of Atreus,Resting on my arms, just like a dog.I've come to know the night sky, every star,The powers we see glittering in the sky,Bringing winter and summer to us all,As the constellations rise and sink.
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Anyone that gets to side four is dumber than I am.
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Desolate-Life is so dreary and desolate-Women and men in the crowd meet and mingle,Yet with itself every soul standeth single,Deep out of sympathy moaning its moan-Holding and having its brief exultation-Making its lonesome and low lamentation-Fighting its terrible conflicts alone.
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I think Les Moonves is the most highly overrated person in television.
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You never know what'll happen in politics.
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I'm never really happy with anything I do.
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The mission of my company is to bring three things to the world through entertainment: joy, happiness, and change. We must believe our precious time is being used to make a product worth more than anything else we could be doing.
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In 1985, I was arrested, along with my mother and brother, Martin III, in a protest against apartheid at the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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It is my hope that as South Carolina senators, that we will stand up for what is best and good about our state.
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I am now a turtle. Virtually everything I own is on my back and suffice it to say I am one ton lighter and therefore 2,000 pounds happier. All houses are gone.
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That's the way both they and I travel sometimes. Pick road at random, and when it's time to pull over, you pull over and hope you can find a place to crash.
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My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.
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When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the mustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it - and everybody was talking about it - that I decided to keep it.
Mark Spitz
