Merlin Olsen Quotes

The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn.

Merlin Olsen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 15, 1940 - March 11, 2010

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You'd like to transition with continuity, have people in your own organization rise up and continue forward, whether in coaching or personnel or players.

Jim Irsay

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In what purports to be an egalitarian society, the existence of class is the secret about which no one speaks.

John Gregory Dunne

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You have to learn to see the gold in dirt, which means that you try to spot people with potential as well as ideas that have potential.

Max McKeown

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I think sleep is probably the neglected stepsister in the health conversation today. I think we've done a good job regarding physical activity and diet, but sleep has remained out there in the cold, and that's surprising to me.

Matthew Walker

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Sometimes you do a sound installation, and the first day or two it is very exciting. Then you are hearing this every day for a month, and it becomes like a torture.

Jeffrey Deitch

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I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films.

Steven Soderbergh

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All presidents swear an oath to the Constitution to keep this country united, and when the country fell apart, Lincoln had to put it back together again, with a lot of help. But he bore total responsibility.

Steven Spielberg

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When I first got pitched on Uber, I thought it was the dumbest idea ever.

Troy Carter

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Likable leaders truly believe that everyone, regardless of rank or ability, is worth their time and attention. They make everyone feel valuable because they believe that everyone is valuable.

Travis Bradberry

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Let's face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.

Ron White

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Librarians in America do something like a couple of billion dollars worth of book business every year.

Michael Moore

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One thing about writing 'The Sarah Silverman Program' was the concern that I don't give myself the best story, you know what I mean?

Brian Posehn

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