Wilma Rudolph Quotes
I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
Quotes to Explore
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.
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We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.
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I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control.
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War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.
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My wife is very supportive.
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Hope against hope, and ask till ye receive.
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How we move forward with a level of R&D support that will be meaningful allows us to really build on and enhance our energy opportunities in this country.
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One of the things which make any company successful, in particular the Home Depot, was that we understood and catered to the customer. If it didn't sell, it didn't make a difference what we thought or our research told us. They told us if it was successful by buying it or not.
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What I've discovered is that my kids weren't watching the 'Today' show... they watch 'Gumby' and 'Bugs Bunny!'
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You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time.
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Passion without purpose is kind of pointless. I think God gives us the vision and wisdom to help enforce what he sees for us. You don't just sit at home and end up on 'Empire.'
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Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.
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Since I turned 50, I've had the best year of my life and I now throw as much effort into the social side of my life as I do work - more so now than ever before.
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Even if I'm hormonal and I feel like I've got a couple pounds of water weight, I will never starve myself, I will never, ever go on a diet.
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Move to California. Malibu is paradise.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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Art is a lie that makes us realise truth ... that is given us to understand.
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I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.
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I was told I had to go to business school to succeed. I gave it a shot, but eventually dropped out to bootstrap a restaurant with just a Visa card and a $20,000 line of credit. Everyone told me restaurants were hard work (and they were right! I have so much respect for anyone in the restaurant business). I ran the restaurant for two years, sold a franchise, decided to change paths, and sold the whole operation at a modest profit.
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All jealousy must be strangled in its birth.
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I would put forward a modest proposition that we were very much better governed by Henry VIII than we are by King Gordon.
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I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran.
