Amby Burfoot Quotes
Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.
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Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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There are different sides to me; I wanted to make a personal film but I would not want to make any film that does not reflect me in it. At least, not right now. I'm just too young to be doing that.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik Bruhn, that I first noticed how significant a part the ever-present threat of violence played. This juxtaposition of great beauty and grace with a backdrop of pure evil stayed with me for years.
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If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.
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I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.
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I spoke with Abramovich. He is very simple and loves football. We were on the same wavelength: he wants to confirm Chelsea's position at the top.
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There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers have to make their money back and Tonys and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
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I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am!
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I felt so relaxed. It just felt very easy, and that's why it surprised me that I had broken my world record.
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I enjoy the music I make because I have to - if I didn't, I wouldn't want to make it, and I wouldn't want it to be heard by other people.
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What fashion has started from hackers? They have bad posture, and they don't go out. I wish I had a hacker boyfriend - they stay at home up in the bedroom.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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Fear, safety, and conformity make you mediocre and average.
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Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.
