Chip Heath Quotes
When you’re at the beginning, don’t obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there.
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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I use to live on this street when I was a kid where there was an old person retirement home, and all of the old people would listen to that band Herman's Hermits, and they would wear white nursing shoes. And they would throw away stacks of VHS tapes, and I would go through the trash and take them.
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Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together.
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I want to keep my health and my sanity and be well and feel happy. Plus, I want to have fun.
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What thrust us into war were not Hitler's political teachings: the cause, this time, was his successful attempt to establish a new economy. The causes of the war were: envy, greed, and fear.
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Humans tend to start the process of change by acknowledging themselves-thus blacks asserted black pride and black is beautiful; women declared I am woman, I am strong ; men are saying I am man, I am okay. After a quarter of a century of male bashing, that’s not a bad start.
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The least we desire from the institutions of the free world, and especially the US and the countries of the European Union, is that they appreciate our struggle for freedom. We want them to discharge their responsibilities towards vulnerable people and support them in the face of the cruelty of rulers who continue to kill.
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Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',..). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity.
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Practice being in the moment when you are running, whether you are on your own or in the race.
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Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era.
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I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades.
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What you know not now you will know hereafter.
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I really want to be like my mom in some ways, because I already take a lot after her already. I really like the way she treats us and disciplines us, and I think that she's just great because of how she's balanced us and all of that.
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Because I am Olympic champion, everyone assumes I am this perfect athlete who should never lose. Every time I step in the ring, I am expected to win.
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I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name and stuff, they are shouting at a perception of you that they have.
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Success in business today requires real-time, mobile access to business opportunities.
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With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.
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Would I be the 3rd term of Rudy Giuliani or the 4th term of Mike Bloomberg? It'll be neither. It'll be the first term of Joe Lhota. We're all different.
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I can grow as a leader only if I'm willing to accept feedback.
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But of course when people watch morning television, Terry, it's a very different animal. You know, they're running around, they're getting their kids ready for school, they're probably doing eight million things, they're brushing their teeth.
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I'd love to be able to multiply because then I could be in lots of different places at once.
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I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.
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When you’re at the beginning, don’t obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there.
