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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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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When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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I try to do things that make me feel good. I go to yoga classes, drink a lot of water, eat healthily and keep things like alcohol and coffee to weekends. I don't overdo anything.
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The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.
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For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.
