Chuck Wepner Quotes
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It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control.
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I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.
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I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with that kind of money? You know, I had never seen anything like that before in my life.
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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
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When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that makes you want to improve yourself.
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It is very important that people start back to work, especially those in public service.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.
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Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.
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The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
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We must not hope to be mowers, And to gather the ripe gold ears, Unless we have first been sowers And water the furrows with tears. It is not just as we take it, This mystical world of ours, Life's field will yield as we make it A harvest of thorns or of flowers.
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A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'
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I never imagined I'd meet Berry Gordy who told me when he first heard me sing, "You know, your singing's okay, but I like your harmonica playing better."
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I was an avid swimmer and was state champ at age 12.
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As a writer, a blank page will humble the hell out of you. It always does, and it always will.
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I know firsthand that immigrants make enormous contributions to our nation, but I also know that we need to secure our borders and make sure that those who came here illegally wait their turn, pay a fine and any unpaid taxes, and pass a criminal background check before becoming citizens.
