Doug Baldwin Quotes
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.
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Yoga carves you into a different person - and that is satisfying physically.
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I've had a contemptuous relationship with authority throughout my life. I found myself at odds with authority, and I'm disdainful of blind authority.
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I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
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Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'
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We're trying to create a better world, not a perfect one. It cannot ever be perfect.
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You don't want to treat any one person as oracular.
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Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.
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I was so sure I wanted to be a novelist. I would spend hours and hours every day writing. Little stories about nothing in particular. I recall one about someone with an illness. But my dedication wasn't really healthy, and it reached the point where I wasn't sleeping. My mum would tell me, 'You need to go outside to get some fresh air.'
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When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.
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Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really.
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I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.
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I hate sets. I've always hated sets. I think that if you have a dining room set, break it up!
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I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've set, that the universe will step in and provide opportunities.
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My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.
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Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.
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Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows.
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I definitely believe in ghosts.
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I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.
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She felt that the years she had dedicated to him had been in vain.
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Death does not trouble me. I have no fear of supernatural punishments, of course, nor could I enjoy an eternal life in which there would be nothing left for me to do, the task of living having been accomplished.
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I don't have a chip on my shoulder. I have a boulder on my shoulder.
