Amby Burfoot Quotes
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There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.
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My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.
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One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.
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I realized I have an appetite for stunts. I learned how to do them myself.
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Then I learned how to do wraparounds and things like that. I had no experience.
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I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.
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I know I got to do something that's one in a million, to escape a refugee camp, to come to this country and have so many doors open for me. So I want to go back and make a difference and give motivation or hope to all the kids that never got to leave or have the privilege that I did.
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I feel I learned as much from fellow students as from the professors.
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I learned life from some good teachers.
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I have learned that acting is not about beauty.
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If someone thinks, 'I'll spend the off season working on my fitness and I'll come back a better cricketer,' I don't think that's enough. You need to spend a lot of time working on your skills and honing your skills.
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I've learned not to be as maniacal as I used to be.
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People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
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As I get older, I realize all I've done is sing and act and hone those skills.
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[At Boston College] I started working on the kinds of skills that you need for comedy. It's about being creative and learning to use your gift for being able to let loose and be very unself-conscious. It took me time though before I was really able to get comfortable doing that.
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I've lived long enough to have learned, the closer you get to the fire, the more you get burned.
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What he Michael Jackson did was he allowed us, through his voice and his instrument, to see a glimpse of the heaven that he himself was denied. That sacrifice was the ultimate source of redemption that he gave to us.
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Motivation is a skill. It can be learned and practiced.
