Pierre de Coubertin Quotes
The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.Pierre de Coubertin
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On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
Caity Lotz -
I don't know who Little Richard is.
Bar Refaeli -
I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
Natasha Richardson -
Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
Manoj Bhargava -
I'm a serial dater. When I see someone I like, we go on multiple dates.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.
Iman
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Once you're in a room like '30 Rock,' it's a creative setting, so you write more even after you go home, just because you're still in that mode of coming up with jokes. So the job wasn't sapping standup jokes, but it was sapping stand up time and energy, and I wouldn't be able to travel as much.
Hannibal Buress -
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.
Rachel Zoe -
The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well.
Iris Apfel -
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
Magnus Carlsen -
I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
Irene Rosenfeld -
Whenever I don't' have to wear makeup, it's a good day.
Cameron Diaz
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
Gavin Hood -
Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
Entrepreneurship is really hard and painful - I'm not sure I'd recommend it for anyone who can't handle the extreme stress.
Naval Ravikant -
We all have our likes and our dislikes. But... when we're doing news - when we're doing the front-page news, not the back page, not the op-ed pages, but when we're doing the daily news, covering politics - it is our duty to be sure that we do not permit our prejudices to show. That is simply basic journalism.
Walter Cronkite -
I don't necessarily need Hollywood.
Vera Farmiga -
The fact is, I view part of what I do is, if necessary, on difficult issues, be the lightning rod.
Gary Bettman
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Evolutionary Darwinists need to understand we are taking the dinosaurs back. This is a battle cry to recognize the science in the revealed truth of God.
Ken Ham -
I remember also speaking to a reporter on Gay News who enquired about my attitude to Gay Dogs and reassuring him of my compassionate attitude to homosexuality among dogs, while secretly feeling they ought to be whipped.
Auberon Waugh -
I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to say things. I'm a little exhausted by the process.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I thought I would either be an epidemiologist or a 'Price Is Right' model.
Kristen Schaal -
When you get a critique, people think you're criticizing them but it's really an intellectual conversation. You can't get emotionally attached.
Kalup Linzy -
The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.
Pierre de Coubertin