Joe Namath Quotes
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
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I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
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It was not until I was in my forties, in the fifth decade of my life, that the sense of place, the spirit of place, became of paramount importance to me. It was then that I began my travels, that I discovered, through photography, the quality of light, and that I gradually became able to paint the mood of place.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.
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I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.
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We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.
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I own nothing; I just stay with friends all over the country.
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I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score.
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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
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I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.
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Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.
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I love wine tasting in Napa. I don't have a huge collection, but the bottles I do have are special.
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I've got a phobia about throwing up.
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But not all books must be universally approved or applauded to bring meaning; books are, ultimately, the most personal of media. They can be important to only one person or to only a few people, and yet because of that they still have tremendous influence.
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Everybody meets a lot of idiots in their line of work, not just in music.
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Sometimes I play for the media, sometimes for the fans, sometimes for my sponsors, and sometimes it's for my family. Really, I play for everyone.
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When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
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I don't think that I've ever been a backup.