Floyd Patterson Quotes
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.
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Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.
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What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig.
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If you are a kid, reading is really important stuff.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
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Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.
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Whenever you have an ex, and they're like, 'I hope we can still be friends!' and you weren't friends before you started dating, then what do you go back to, really?
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I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard work. I couldn't wait to get off the stage.
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Some people are fascinated by what they know, and some are fascinated by what they don't know. I'm just very interested in what's possible.
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It's a very strange experience being on set of 'Breaking Bad;' you never know what's coming next for your character. I feel like I don't even know if I'm going to live through the next scene I'm in. It's exciting to work on.
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For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.
