Wilma Rudolph Quotes
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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I don't think anything's ever simple. Everyone's just trying to understand each other, and whether that's because you're in a relationship or because you're meeting their friends or because their meeting your brother or whatever it is, nothing like that is ever smooth running.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there.
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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I believe you never get tired by doing work. You get tired when you don't work. When you clean your house, you don't get tired; it gives you satisfaction.
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A lot of women in sport tend to take on a very masculine, aggressive look. They want to be perceived as being strong and powerful. I never lost that sense of wanting to retain my femininity.
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I'm from a reserve. A reservation. So I know everybody. Everybody knows me.
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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
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Everybody has to look after their own economy and follow the rules.
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When I walk for a designer, I walk the ramp as Vijender Singh, the boxer. I believe that by doing so, boxing will at least, in some way, get promoted in our entertainment industry. Plus, if cricketers can, why can't I?
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I like writing for teenagers because they're not snobs.
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I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
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I speak five languages besides mine. I went to school in Egypt because girls weren't allowed to go to school in Saudi Arabia. It's very restricting, especially for girls; we're not allowed to go anywhere.
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Advice? Look at your pay statements.
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Maybe other writers have perfect first drafts, but I am not one of them. I always try to get the book as tight as I can, but you reach a point as the author where you have lost all perspective.
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Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
