David Rudisha Quotes
Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.
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Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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Quite honestly, if I were doing work related to a living being or historical being where there was visual or audio recordings available, I would find that extremely difficult because I don't know how you would avoid the process of mimicry. And mimicry, to me at any rate, is a very dull prospect.
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You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
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You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
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I don't like to run. You will not see me running on a treadmill ever. Ever! I like boxing, though, so if I can go to the gym and box for 30 minutes, I will.
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Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
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For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.
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My wife, Keisha, came home once, and I had these violinists playing for her, and I'd prepared dinner for her, and I write poems. She's pretty amazing, so I like to celebrate that. She's really taught me how to celebrate life; that's something I've learned.
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You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.
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I knew that I had to write my memoirs.
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What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
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There's great power in deference. You ask somebody 'what' or 'how' questions. People love to be asked how to do something. They feel powerful, and from a deferential position, you've actually granted that power, and you're the one that now actually has the upper hand in the conversation.
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Nulla consilia meliora sunt nisi illa, quae ignorauerit aduersarius, antequam facias.
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Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.
