August Krogh Quotes
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I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
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Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
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I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.
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I didn't really understand what you did when you went in front of the camera. And then suddenly I just understood it. When you're in a play, you carry the story, but you don't have to do that in film.
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If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions.
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I tried my hand at photography and worked with a studio for six months.
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The future of the television industry is changing at an unstoppable rate, and it is exciting to share my experience and thoughts on how this will change the value of content in the digital space.
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Based on my own experience, when you're going through adolescence you don't know how the world works. You can't set a story in the world you live in because you don't know what a utility bill is, or how to budget your paycheck.
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I don't think of myself as a romantic person; I'm kind of more rough and tumble, I think. The things I'm drawn to are outdoorsy, I only get dressed up when I have to. I'm drawn to women who are into the same type of thing. If you're going to call it romantic, I'm very spontaneous. That's probably the best thing I have going for me.
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I am relying on the theory that playing golf is just like riding a bike and that I haven't forgotten how.
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The sign of a great leader is knowing what you know and knowing what you don't know.
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Girls in my school were always prettier.
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I don't watch a lot of TV, to be honest. With three kids I have my hands full.
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I never lost my interest in acting but I did lose my interest in the business and what I had to go through to make a film. I felt saturated, you know, like a sponge when it's saturated - it's not good.
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We all have secrets. We've all kept secrets. We've had secrets kept from us, and we know how that feels.
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When we started out, there was so much cash involved that it attracted an element you'd rather not do business with.
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My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.
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When you expand your ability to see, you understand that there are a lot of false choices being offered.
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I think that we are in a position to continue to make progress, but it's gonna require us to both recognize what the problems are, also recognize the progress we've made. Last point I'd make on this, since we're on criminal justice: During the course of my presidency crime has been the lowest it's been probably since the '60s.
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You don't have to be a bodybuilder to have strength in your muscles.
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Here in the United States we're now consuming about three gallons of petroleum per person per day. That's twenty pounds of oil per person per day. We only consume about four pounds of oxygen per person per day. We're consuming five times more oil each day, here in the United States than we are oxygen. We've become the oil tribe.
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I don't want to please everybody. I'd get a little worried if I did something and everybody was pleased with it.
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When I was young, I didn't play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I've reached. Think what they might do over time.
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Muscles do not use oxygen at a constant rate.
