Barry Sanders Quotes
In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that's never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing?
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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Being a role model is about being true to myself.
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It's true that I have always been very comfortable with numbers.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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Women get scrutinized based on appearance far more than men. And look, I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it. A lot of e-mail. Seriously.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.
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I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets.
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Becoming Catholic involves entering into a relationship with the Catholic Church.
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I like normal life, but I will go crazy if I'm not working.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I'm sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy.
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It's the job of the artist to take something that everybody thinks they know about, they've made a decision about, they will be immovable on, and to shine a light on it.
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There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish.
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In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that's never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing?
