Mark Spitz Quotes
All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four.Mark Spitz
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We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
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When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.
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I don't want to be an action star; action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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I will come to know when my time's up, and when it is, I will exit gracefully. I will not hang around till I am kicked out.
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If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
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The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.
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As a girl I wanted the Cyndi Lauper hairstyle, with the shaved side of the head, or the Sharon Stone perm from 'Total Recall.'
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I was surprised by how much I liked 'Hacksaw Ridge' and its depth.
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The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.
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I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.
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I don't separate things out between what's personal and what's my work. My passion is personal.
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I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.
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I think I could be a cook. Everybody always says I'm good, though I think it's quite gruelling as a profession.
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Life is tragic and absurd, and none of it has any purpose at all.
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I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think I'm crazy, but I still use my Mac-Classic even though we have a state-of-the-art PC. There are just less distractions with the simpler machine.
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I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend.
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When you spend time with potential customers, you get to hear about their struggles firsthand. You see their eyes light up with excitement or darken with confusion. You learn things you would never find in a survey, database, or questionnaire. You learn why people buy.
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I spent most of my youth in Manchester, in clubs and football grounds and the Manchester Apollo.
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Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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When we are in possession, tactically, he is the best coach in the world for me. He works hard, watches a lot of games, and prepares us really well. Guardiola has the feeling for gaping spaces, and he already had that as a player.
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All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four.
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