Erol Alkan Quotes
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would be the one to score something that had never been done before.
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I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.
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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
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Siberia is a state of mind.
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And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.
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I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
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Puerto Rico is a powerful island.
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It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone.
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The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say.
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I can't be bothered anymore about giving songs titles.
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We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the vanity of all plans.
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That's some fucking doorman you've got out there.
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We all need joy, and we can all receive joy in only one way, by adding to the joy of others.
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I do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom.
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In my early twenties, that's when I really began to write. Before that, I was too busy working, keeping myself going.
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It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.
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So, through playing with Cop I realized that there is a potentially interested audience out in the world.
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You run back and forth listening for unusual events, peering into the faces of travelers. "Why are you looking at me like a madman?" I have lost a friend. Please forgive me.
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The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure; if any one returns it, that is clear gain; if he does not return it, it is not lost, I gave it for the sake of giving.
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I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.
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Ambition is a very dangerous thing because either you achieve it and your life ends prematurely, or you don't, in which case your life is a constant source of disappointment. You must never have ambition.
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You can't live life being afraid, because fear censors ambition.
