Chris Poland Quotes
The pressure on the engineering community at that time was to prove they could design buildings that wouldn't be damaged by earthquakes. We are still doing that.
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The gay community is very fickle. And I know because I'm part of it and I see it every day.
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I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.
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I do have a family, and I do have friends, and so-called friends, and acquaintances, and many other people I see only around Christmas time. Maybe they could vouch for me. Maybe they could testify to my existence and save a part of me that thinks I'm no better than a bag of potato chips.
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You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
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Everybody eats a little differently, but the more where you are aware of what you put in your body and how it affects your performance, the better opportunities you have. And that's what I'm trying to do.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I have to be honest - I don't love guns.
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There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
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When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
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History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.
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I learned what looked good on my petite frame, and to this day, I'm a great bargain shopper.
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The name 'Republican' in some ways has been hijacked by obstructionists.
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It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.
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Golf is not my priority. I would hope people see me as a Christian man who loved his family, who loved being in the heat of competition and sometimes succeeded at it; who understood that golf was his job and that he was very lucky to play it for a living.
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First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
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When I write a book, I don't have an idea of what I'm doing. I just go where it leads.
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I like to play different ranges. When you get really deeply involved in the emotional parts, I enjoy that just as much as the fun and laughter.
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When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.
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My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.
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Architecture is not all about the design of the building and nothing else, it is also about the cultural setting and the ambience, the whole affair.
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The pressure on the engineering community at that time was to prove they could design buildings that wouldn't be damaged by earthquakes. We are still doing that.
