Gene Sarazen Quotes
Even when times were good, I realized that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.
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My father was the proprietor of a music shop on Forty-third Street, where many of the finest performers and musicians of the day would come to shop. He knew the classical repertoire inside out.
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Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly.
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.
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Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
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Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.
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'Years of Living Dangerously' is a wonderful opportunity to reach a lot of people with the story and importance of climate change in our lives; in recent history, there's no bigger threat to the quality of human life than what is taking place right now in respect of climate change.
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Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the beginning.
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I would like to have a rematch against Fabricio Werdum.
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It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.
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'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.
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Women are what completely inspire me, and they have also been my downfall.
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I've been around a long time, so I guess I've touched a lot of people's lives - hopefully for the better.
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When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however.
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Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.
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I think God has it written down for me, that without training and working hard you will never achieve desired results. All three times I have had to toil my way into the Olympics. Talking about pressure, well that is something you have to learn to deal with in sports.
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My favorite music is when the sound is supplementing the message. I don't think it's dramatic; it's cinematic.
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I would say that I bought the land under which Trump Tower sits while playing golf.
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One thing both men have in common is a love of golf and a shared knowledge of the word "mulligan," which means a do-over to replace a lousy shot.
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The life of a professional golfer is precarious at best. Win, and they carry you to the clubhouse on their shoulders. Lose, and you pay the caddies in the dark.
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When traders were able to earn a million dollars, of which base pay was $150,000 to $200,000 and the rest was bonus, they would go for it. Now if you're sitting there earning $600,000, you become less risk-seeking. And if you have less risk-seeking, the ability of the market to be incredibly volatile is increased.
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Even when times were good, I realized that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.
