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.
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I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.
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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You fight dandelions all week-end, and late Monday afternoon there they are, pert as all get out, in full and gorgeous bloom, pretty as can be, thriving as only dandelions can in the face of adversity.
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I'm not questioning Dick Cheney's motives. There's a chance for a conflict of interest. At one point in time, he was opposed to going into Baghdad. Then he was out of office and involved in the defense industry, and then he became for going into Baghdad.
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It should be natural, and that's how I like women to look. I like them to feel comfortable and look organic.
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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.
