Jesse Owens Quotes

I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago... the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

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• People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does.

  

  Kary Mullis
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• Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
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• Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose.

  

  Kapil Sibal
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• I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.

  

  Taya Kyle
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• Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path.

  

  Walid Jumblatt
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• As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo.

  

  Gary Bauer
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• I had a Guru. He was a great saint and most merciful. I served him long - very, very long; still, he would not blow any mantra in my ears. I had a keen desire never to leave him but to stay with him and serve him and at all cost receive some instruction from him.

  

  Sai Baba
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• I simplify the spices. I'm the same way as everybody else: if I look at a recipe and there's ten spices in it, I'm going to have to think long and hard about when I'm going to be able to make that... so I try to simplify the spices to three or four.

  

  Aarti Sequeira
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• I'm open to all kind of scripts. As long as there's enough scope to perform, I'd take up the offer. In fact, before Yuvan and 'TT' happened, I got an opportunity to work with a top actor-director combination. But my height proved to be a setback.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
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• But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
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• There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plane for a little bit. I'm like, 'How long is it to get there? Two days on a plane? What? No.'

  

  Eddie Murphy
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• Just as an athlete must exercise his body to be a winner, a leader must exercise his position of authority. If he doesn't, he loses that authority.

  

  Jack Ramsay
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• However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

  

  Wale
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• I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

  Gail Devers
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• Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
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• The Pakistan Cricket Board is a long-standing joke, its chairmen replaced with every change of government.

  

  Tariq Ali
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• I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress.

  

  Wen Ho Lee
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• Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works.

  

  Kate Morton
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• I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

  

  T. S. Eliot
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• I was one of those kids who had never seen an indie film before I got to college. If it wasn't a big, huge tentpole movie, or if it wasn't on the radio, I hadn't experienced it.

  

  John Krasinski
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• For players from every age and every ability, the USTA National Campus will raise the bar on how we deliver tennis with the goal of making our great sport more accessible to more people than ever before.

  

  Katrina Adams
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• There are tons of talented people out there, and we just don't get a chance to get into this system. I want to be a part of that. I want to help these young, diverse, unique voices tell stories.

  

  Jay Ellis
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• I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago... the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

  

  Jesse Owens
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  • Victory