Quotes 261 till 280 of 2063.
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Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally. I took him like the major challenge of my life, and pretty soon I'm beating him and we are pushing each other so hard, so fierce. But out of the arena, we are friends.
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Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.
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Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.
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Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half if physical
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Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves.
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Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.
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Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.
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Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
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Be wiser than other people, if you can; but do not tell them so.
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Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.
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Before signing any contract, you have to assume that the guy on the other side of the desk is handing you a shifty piece of paper that works to his advantage. I know that sounds cynical, but it's really that simple.
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Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.
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Being a language, mathematics may be used not only to inform but also, among other things, to seduce.
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Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
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Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
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Believe a woman or an epitaph,
Or any other thing that's false, before
You trust in critics, who themselves are sore.Source: English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers (1809) -
Best two rock voices I've heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands: it's Eddie Vedder and the other one is Chris Cornell from Soundgarden.
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Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respecting antagonism is much healthier than pity on the one hand and dependence on the other, as is, perhaps, the next best thing to fraternal feeling.
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Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.
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Big Bird went through his very human kind of struggles as a child. No other children's character has been that complete and detailed.
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