Steve Winwood Quotes
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.
Quotes to Explore
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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I have to wear two sports bras when I do my cardio. It takes a lot to hold these puppies up!
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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There's a generation of people who've made their own money and are among the most generous people you would ever meet.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
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The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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Even under Obamacare, there are people that get subsidized insurance. But that has a $6,000 deductible. What do you think they do with that $6,000 deductible? They are still a nonpayer.
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I feel like I missed a whole period of my childhood because I had a bunch of stressful things happen to me when I was like 17, 18, when people usually feel the most free in life, like going to college and like anything is possible.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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What affected me most profoundly was the realization that the sciences of cryptography and mathematics are very elegant, pure sciences. I found that the ends for which these pure sciences are used are less elegant.
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I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.
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I savored my time on top of the podium by watching the American flag rise up out of the crowd as the anthem played, thinking about how every single second of training I've done was for this minute and how many people played a role in my achievement.
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It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.
