Steve Prefontaine (Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine) Quotes
A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
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The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn't have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places?
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I knew she was from Australia and I knew that is where she started but I didn't know if she was still popular there. I hope people understand we aren't making fun of Kylie.
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I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future.
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I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness.
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I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.
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Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.
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Remember that politics, colonialism, imperialism and war also originate in the human brain.
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Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
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The universe, when you leave it alone, is going to be beautiful.
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Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.
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Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.
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Like everybody, I've had a lot of pain in my life and I'm a work in progress. You must have a true desire to see the world from a different point of view, and that comes with growing up.
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I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel.
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I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.
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Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak Chinese, but Mongolian is completely different, so we had to have translators.
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When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.
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We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility.
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My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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We got to go to Lucas Ranch and, at that time, my brother was still living in a condo about a mile from Robin Williams, and so I made all of the other comics jealous because I got to get a ride home with him.
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A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
