Gene Tunney Quotes
The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.
Gene Tunney
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
Oliver Evans
I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.
Kailash Satyarthi
I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players. In my era, you had to win. We didn't settle for anything else.
Hale Irwin
I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.
Yuri Milner
Ever since viewing screens entered the home, many observers have worried that they put our brains into a stupor. An early strain of research claimed that when we watch television, our brains mostly exhibit slow alpha waves - indicating a low level of arousal, similar to when we are daydreaming.
Hanna Rosin
But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest.
Damien Hirst
My grandmother taught me to knit, and as I knit, my mind returns to my childhood.
Elena Roger
I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.
Angelina Jolie
Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
Ian McKeever
I came into this environment where there was so much love, so much positive energy. I never heard my parents say, 'We have adopted kids.' The minute my sister Linda and I landed in Sweden, we were their kids.
Marcus Samuelsson
The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.
Gene Tunney