Major Taylor Quotes
I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.
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I'm from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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I haven't actually studied acting at all.
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Urfa chillies are a Turkish variety that are mild on heat but big on aroma. They're sweet, smoky, a lovely dark red, and go with just about anything.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God.
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The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
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I can't even imagine how it must be to be a solo artist playing with session musicians.
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I've never been an actor on Broadway, but it feels like you're on a stage when you play at Yankee Stadium. And that's the feeling I've always had.
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I have to say I really was surprised on my first world tour. It was amazing to see what we've always dreamed of, right before our eyes.
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The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.
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If you make a really good product that people want and are willing to pay for, money will come.
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I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.
