Steve Prefontaine Quotes

I used to say, 'Hey, man, what kind of a stupid question is that?' to a newspaperman asking me heavy things right after a race when I'm still in an emotional state. Now I at least try to answer.

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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ManMeStupidSayKindTry

My father was in the service. His job was to integrate the Armed Forces overseas. So that meant we showed up at military bases in Okinawa or Germany, racially unannounced. That made me, in that particular society if you will, the outsider.

Joe Morton

FatherServiceJobMeSocietyYou

The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living.

Stephen Gardiner

ArchitectureLivingContributionDead

Because of the need to remove all modernism, we stayed in the middle of nowhere all day long, living out of tents. It was cold. It definitely set the scene.

Skeet Ulrich

DayColdLongLivingNeedOut

I wrote a book with my mom and my sister for fun. I had no idea it would be a 'New York Times' bestseller.

Trisha Yearwood

FunNew YorkMomSisterBookNew

I am always going to be in the hood in my heart, but what I did was added on the masters of arts, fine arts and the doctorate... if you want me to pull that out, I can get very distinguished... but I'm not going there... I don't have to put on airs; the knowledge comes out - just listen.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

KnowledgeHeartI AmMeHoodYou

Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.

Russell Baker

CautionMayYourHazardousSolemnity

I always felt different as a kid, and the Kinks were like, 'Yeah, we're the Kinks.' Celebrate your difference; don't be afraid of your sense of humor, or your personality, or who you are. It emboldened me.

Michael Weatherly

HumorPersonalityMeCelebrateYou

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Michel de Montaigne

KnowNothingLeastBelievedFirmly

With all the horror in the world and all the crap that's going on, for an hour and a half you go eat some popcorn and laugh with your friends. That's what a movie is all about.

Michael Rosenbaum

WorldLaughFriendsYouGoHorror

You know how there's always the one girl in drama school who can cry at the drop of a hat? She has that emotional well she can tap into in a second? I'm not that girl. It takes a lot to get me to that place.

Condola Rashad

GirlSchoolHatMeYouDrama

Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want. I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child. I feel quite independent of anyone.

Anne Frank

ChildIdeasFeelOpinionsPerson

Art's power of persuasion resides in the small personal details of one's own story, and if it weren't for my struggle with dyslexia, I doubt I'd ever have become a writer or known how to teach others to write.

Philip Schultz

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