Bob Beamon Quotes
I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.
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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.
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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
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I trust no one - that microphone, that book.
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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.
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I remember the general anxiety of teenager, and I remember establishing some sort of appearance based on what my peers would think. And cliques, oh my God, the worst. The worst!
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I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. These were name changes that worked. But for all the ones that do, there are 10 or 20 that don't.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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Business is a combination of war and sport.
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'We Are Pop Culture' is my clothing line for women that started with just T-shirts. The clothing line is urban street wear. It's for women that feel confident in their own skin and want to express themselves. The whole idea is to play with modern pop culture and previous pop culture using art and sayings.
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I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.
