Carlos Condit Quotes
This is a sport where you get your ego checked on a regular basis, whether it's in the cage or it's at practice.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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With 'Dance Moms' in L.A., we film on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. When we film in Pittsburgh, we film the same days, but we still dance in our studio when we're not filming, so I'm dancing every day except Sunday.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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I want to be an activist professor.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
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I like to stay home with my family.
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We're not even supposed to have a break in August if we have not passed the appropriations bills. It's in the House rules.
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It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual.
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The biggest ambition in my career is still to win the European Cup. I want to have a picture of that to look at later; I want to have that medal. You can have a contract that is better than your friends, but no player looks back and says: 'I won more money.'
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We must show there is good in society. If you read the newspapers, you think there are only crooks in this world, but that's not true.
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It's strange to recall that America animated none of my youthful daydreams. I did not see a Hollywood film until my late teens.
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It was always part of the plan to move into acting.
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Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.
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I'm retarded - I mean I'm retired.
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On a film crew, you can see very quickly that some people who are working with you are stronger than you. Then you have to have the humility to listen to them. And because very often they have better ideas than yours, it can be tough on the evil ego. But it makes a better film.
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That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction. That's what takes people out of the fight half the time.
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I've always thought of myself as an 80 percenter. I like to throw myself passionately into a sport or activity until I reach about an 80 percent proficiency level. To go beyond that requires an obsession that doesn't appeal to me. Once I reach 80 percent level I like to go off and do something totally different; that probably explains the diversity of the Patagonia product like - and why our versatile, multifaceted clothes are the most successful.
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When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.
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This is a sport where you get your ego checked on a regular basis, whether it's in the cage or it's at practice.
