Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Quotes
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All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
Youssou N'Dour -
My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
Abraham A. Ribicoff -
It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
Carine Roitfeld -
In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
Hannah Arendt -
I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critical to me to earn my way.
Ian Millar
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
J. B. Priestley -
English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
Yaya Toure -
There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
Lady Gregory -
My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
Orhan Pamuk -
After running for a while, things really start to open up in your body. I felt like I'd tapped into parts of my body that I hadn't before. I let things in the universe flow through me that opened me up in a really cool way.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers -
My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
Tate Donovan
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The cardinal rule of taxation is that whatever you put a levy on, you'll inevitably get less of. Taxing corporate activity means less investing, less hiring, fewer jobs and a smaller economy, which hurts the rich, the poor and the middle class alike.
Adam Davidson -
I've had a contemptuous relationship with authority throughout my life. I found myself at odds with authority, and I'm disdainful of blind authority.
J. K. Simmons -
In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
Vendela Kirsebom -
I find Denver's hipster scene to be fully unique.
T. J. Miller -
Have confidence in everything. No matter what it is that you're doing, know that you can do it better than anyone.
O'Shea Jackson, Jr. -
I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen.
Maggie Smith
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Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.
Venus Williams -
If I think about what life is, I believe life is a miracle. And if I think about what a miracle is, I don’t believe in it.
Antonio Porchia -
I thought I was going to be a horror story writer. My influences were horror writers, like Rich Matheson, Ray Bradbury and Bram Stoker.
Christopher Moore -
I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
Natalie Cole -
Many of the greatest Cuban boxing champions since the revolution triumphed on the island resisted the temptation to leave Cuba and, in some cases, defied any suggestion they were tempted in the first place. Most famously, Teofilo Stevenson rejected multi-million dollar offers to leave his island to fight Muhammad Ali.
Brin-Jonathan Butler -
Boxing is what pays my bills.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.