Steve Prefontaine Quotes

Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?'

Steve Prefontaine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMyselfFunMeHaving FunThink

I like video games, I like tech, I like being positive.

Jimmy Fallon

PositiveVideo GamesGamesBeing

Street performing can be a great teaching ground and a barometer for what you're doing. It's rough and unforgiving at times, but it can be wild and fun and a real open canvas for your creativity.

Andy Grammer

GreatCreativityFunDoingYouWild

Even though we're really, really happy with what we do, sometimes I think - as an adult, you think, 'Should I be more responsible with my life choices?'

St. Lucia

LifeHappyChoicesThinkMy Life

I got 'Power' on my own through my agent and my team. I didn't know 50 until I got on the show. Because my character is so close to his, we spent a lot of time as friends. But even in that, I didn't really bring up music to him because I saw how everybody else was bringing up music to him.

Rotimi

MusicCharacterPowerTimeTeamHim

One of my first jobs was as a recipe tester for a PR agency. One week, the editor of 'Housewife' magazine called my boss and asked me to write a column - the cookery editor had gone away on a press trip. I was terrified.

Mary Berry

BossMeWeekWriteFirstGone

I'd be lying if I said that any part of writing is easy for me, but I have always found that setting comes more naturally to me than, say, writing action scenes.

Molly Antopol

MeWritingActionEasySaidSay

Entrepreneurs love to view risk as binary. The more you put on the line, the greater the potential for reward.

Jason Fried

LovePotentialViewYouRewardRisk

Audiences want to feel represented, want to be able to empathize with the characters and the stories they are seeing on the screen.

Diego Luna

FeelSeeingWantScreenAble

You wouldn't expect a cattle dealer to sit down at a grand piano and play it beautifully. That's my father.

Deirdre O'Kane

FatherYouDownPlayPianoExpect

I don't want to give this impression that I grew up in Liverpool in a cardboard box in abject poverty, but that didn't mean there weren't anxieties in my childhood about money.

Cherie Blair

MoneyChildhoodPovertyWantMean

People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying, but how they said it.

Corey Taylor

PeopleMeInfluenceSayingSaidHow

For me, anytime I see a mother truly loving her child, famous or not, it brings a smile to my face. I think most people would agree.

Coco Rocha

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