Carl Lewis Quotes
Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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I'm not the most technical producer, so the weird mixes and blown-out sound happen naturally.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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There's nothing like taking two flights when you have a horrible hangover. It's bad when people can see actual alcohol seeping out of your disgusting pores.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician.
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
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It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and loss. They're not separate, they're completely dependent on one another.
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We don't work with anyone.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.
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Here's what happens when you die--you sit in a box and get eaten by worms. I guarantee you that when you die, nothing cool happens.
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Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
