Gale Sayers Quotes
I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
Quotes to Explore
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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I just want to do my job.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.
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The entire making of 'Within and Without' was a series of experiments and trial by error. When I started writing, I didn't have a strong idea of what the record was going to end up like.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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I just think something about being in front of a live audience when you've finished a big dance that you've been working on for so long - I don't think anything can really beat that.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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When you're listening to radio and hear the same 20 songs over and over and over, you want a break from it. Sometimes you don't want to hear something that sounds just like everything else on the radio. Eventually, if you hear the same sounds and the same musicians and the same mixes and all of that, it will start to sound like elevator music.
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You don't win as a party unless you become a bigger party.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president's popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election years and economic downturns.
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I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction.
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Sometimes emotions can win fights. Sometimes letting your feelings out in a fight can win you the fight. When it means the world to you, it's not just a sports contest - a boxing match for money or belts.
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The Gatsby that I remember reading when I was 15 years old in junior high school was far different from the Gatsby I read as an adult.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
