Haile Gebrselassie Quotes

First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.

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• Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.

  

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• I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

  

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• As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty.

  

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• I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.

  

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• I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.

  

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• I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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• The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.

  

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• When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

  

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• The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.

  

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• If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

  

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• I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

  

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• It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

  

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• As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or job, then, is one that offers an expected stream of future benefit that has a value in excess of the option to continue to search for an even better alternative.

  

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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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• The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.

  

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• Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.

  

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• I really believe we read differently when we know even the most banal facts of an author's life.

  

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• First, do enough training. Then believe in yourself and say: I can do it. Tomorrow is my day. And then say: the person in front of me, he is just a human being as well; he has two legs, I have two legs, that is all. That is mentally how you prepare.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • Believe
  • Day
  • Training