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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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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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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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 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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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've never been big on cars. When I first got to Hollywood, I bought a used car from Avis. I drove that until I almost had to pay someone to tow it away.
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Sailing is such a variable sport. There could be no wind, or there could be 25 knots. You never know what you're going to get.
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Injecting some confusion stabilizes the system.
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And from the point of view of art there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies. That those lies are necessary to our mental selves is beyond any doubt, as it is through them that we form our aesthetic point of view of life. (Paris 1923)
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Chaos is a friend of mine.
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I do get scared of the dentist, so a drive-through dentist might make me feel more at home. If I got to stay in my car.
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If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define a common vision for the future.
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hate blows a bubble of despair into hugeness world system universe and bang -fear buries a tomorrow under woe and up comes yesterday most green and young
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If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.
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We can all be more consistently involved in missionary work by replacing our fear with real faith.
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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.
