Kai Greene Quotes
I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it; Never underestimate the heart of a champion.
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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You realize, no matter how great, books are not shows or movies; each operates on their own different rules. 'Game of Thrones' is no different. Being forced to come up with those scenes on short notice helped how we were viewing the show and forcing it to come into its own.
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A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for.
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I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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The track is fast and I appreciate anything is possible.
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You have to do what the story demands, but inside of those constraints, I try to inject as much realistic physics as I'm allowed to.
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What you keep for yourself, you lose. What you give away, you keep forever.
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I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.
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Q: Do you feel a need to be distinctive and mass-produced? Q: Are you in the groove? That is, are you moving in ever-diminishing circles? Q: How often do you change your mind, your politics, your clothes? (p. 121-125)
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I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it; Never underestimate the heart of a champion.
