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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Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.
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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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Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
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That was a very sophisticated attack; the nature of it was novel.
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At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections.
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We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.
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Somebody is always suspecting Russia of having some ambitions, there are always those who are trying to misinterpret us or keep something back.
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You can't live life being afraid, because fear censors ambition.
