Steve Prefontaine Quotes

I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what.

Steve Prefontaine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 25, 1951 - May 30, 1975

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It's so difficult to make the money we produce at Jimmy John's.

Jimmy John Liautaud

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The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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Every guy's got to own a watch. I'm a watch guy. Men don't get to wear jewelry, really, and that's the one item that we can make our own and personalize our stuff with.

Jesse Lee Soffer

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I will not undertake to offer an opinion on the capacity of Hindustan to produce cotton. The region is large, and the soil and climate various, the population great and wages low; but I must be permitted to doubt the success of the experiment of driving us out of the market, though backed and patronized by English capital and energy.

John C. Calhoun

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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

John Locke

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President Roosevelt's leadership put the world on notice that the United States of America - with the freest, most dynamic economy the world had ever seen - was open for business.

John Hoeven

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Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.

Ann Bancroft

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Being at home with my family always inspires me. I find it hard to be inspired when I'm on the move. I'm not creative when I'm jet-lagged and sleeping in strange hotels.

Stefon Harris

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I'm a huge fan of San Francisco. And I was out here for a couple years in the mid-'90s when I was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford.

Stacey D'Erasmo

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I mean, you're gonna be left behind if you don't appreciate the genius that is Meredith Vieira.

Mo Rocca

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Food is about communal togetherness. Our family does sit at the table. I think it's a great tragedy if a family doesn't have a table, as there is such an atmosphere of good will and warmth when we have eight people sitting around it.

Jonathan Dimbleby

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Natalie Portman never looks back, ever. Ever!

Debby Ryan

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