Steve Prefontaine Quotes

If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slow pace, and I get beaten by a kicker who leaches off the front, then I'll always wonder, 'What if...?'

Steve Prefontaine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LiveMyselfSlowLoseWonderI Can

I had always had a dream to open up a boutique of some sort.

Joanna Gaines

DreamAlwaysOpenUpSomeSort

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service.

Joan Didion

GreatServiceIdeasMirrorsAlways

The problem is that the American public is suspicious of executive power shrouded in secrecy. In the absence of an official picture of what our government is doing, and by what authority, many in the public fill the void by envisioning the worst.

Jeh Johnson

PowerGovernmentAmericanProblem

You need to be growing and getting better, and in L.A., it's so hard to get bookings. You literally have to pay clubs to book you. It's pay to play, and then you only get 30 minutes. That's no way to get good.

Andy Grammer

GoodBookBetterGetting BetterYou

If there was a fire at my house I would throw more things on it. The only thing I would take out? Myself!

Jean Nouvel

MyselfFireHouseMoreOutTake

I think if you look at yesterday's New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versus the Republicans in Congress, people put a little more faith, or even a little more than a little more faith in the Democrats in Congress.

John Podesta

FaithNew YorkPeopleThinkJudge

I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson.

Simon Van Booy

GreatThinkAmericanHeroesLike

I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot of issues, and therefore are saying things that they think are okay. They simply don't know.

Roger Mahony

SayingThinkChurchKnowWhyOkay

If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you've got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy.

Robert Wyatt

HopeExperienceEnergyFeelDieYou

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.

Minnie Pearl

WorkGodPlanShareUsHe

Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.'

Miranda Lambert

LoveGoodSadLove IsHappySong

I know things like a 20% corporate tax rate will allow us to be more competitive in the global marketplace. That's what our competitors enjoy today around the world. And when we're more competitive, we win in the marketplace, and that allows us to invest and grow for the future.

Dennis Muilenburg

FutureTodayWinWorldGrowEnjoy

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