Haile Gebrselassie Quotes
All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.
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Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers.
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform.
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I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused together.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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It pretty much defeats the purpose of bedtime reading if you fall asleep before the kids do. And you tend to wake up with a matchbox stuck on the end of your nose and/or a potty on your head.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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Earlier, my priority was only work. I worked like a dog before I got married. After marriage, once you have a baby, time management is difficult. Your responsibilities change, your priorities change. And you have to concentrate on them if you have to work out your life. Your career is just a part of your life. For me, my family is my life.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.
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I didnt start doing graffiti until two years after I got to New York. Jean Michel Basquiat was one of my main inspirations for doing graffiti. For a year I didnt know who Jean Michel was, but I knew his work.
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If Republicans truly are dedicated to the sanctity of life, they should be the first ones on the front lines trying to get policies for the uninsured.
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I love having candles, especially when you get downtime. I could just pass out seeing the flame flicker with the lights off.
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You don't have to invent the wheel, but you might want to be the company that invents the rims.
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All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.
