Alan Webb Quotes
I was thinking I would surprise these guys and get a big enough lead that they couldn't catch me. I didn't stay as focused the last 400 meters. I was out in front on my own for so long, I sort of lulled myself to sleep.
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I landed the female lead role on 'Chuck' within three days of landing in L.A., so it was a little overwhelming, and I definitely felt like I got thrown into the deep end.
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I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.
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The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.
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Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.
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All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage.
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I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.
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I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly.
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It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character.
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I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.
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I think music naturally wants to be played with more than one person. There's a surprise element, and you don't know what it will be, and it's up to that other person's energy to help create this third thing.
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We're so very focused on ourselves and on self-promotion. It goes on all day with Facebook and Twitter and Instagram.
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When you talk about avant-garde cuisine, the surprise factor is really important. For example, I love looking at blogs and the photos, but I'm not that keen on other people taking photos of my dishes.
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Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise.
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It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to denouement.
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I definitely didn't want to be that person that came out and was like, 'O.K. I'm going to lead every parade.'
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I was taught growing up that you always do what you believe.
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There are all sorts of cries that the leaders of the Green Movement should submit themselves to the supreme leader, but that won't take place. Both sides have to be prepared for a serious negotiation.
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Every time I started a business and the people told me I was an idiot, I ended up making a lot of money. Si Redd used to say me, "Boy, you gotta be where they ain't." What that means is that you find areas of low competition because high competition means lower margins, and lower margins mean less profit. So we were always looking for places where we can be unique. If the thinking is out-of-the-box, people may not understand because they have not seen it before... Therefore you are an idiot.
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I was thinking I would surprise these guys and get a big enough lead that they couldn't catch me. I didn't stay as focused the last 400 meters. I was out in front on my own for so long, I sort of lulled myself to sleep.
