Steve Prefontaine Quotes

It's hard to run a mile when you're not a miler and to kick when you've led all the way.

Steve Prefontaine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

Joan Halifax

CompassionThinkYouSomethingUs

Reactionary conservatives are smiling through the racial apocalypse. To them, race baiting is a joke, as 'humorist' Rush Limbaugh will tell you when he's calling Mexicans 'stupid.' Or it's a matter of semantics when they claim that Sonia Sotomayor is a 'racialist' which, far as I can tell, is the smooth jazz version of being a racist.

John Ridley

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Many people, not just Asians, are more concerned with hustling and getting to meetings with contacts to gain success.

Steven Yeun

SuccessPeopleMeetingsMoreAsians

I'm the 'Muskrat Love' girl.

Toni Tennille

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I'm a big defense hawk and a big fiscal conservative, but in this case, Pakistan continues to imprison the man who gave us Osama bin Laden and continue to have a major ideological bent within the middle echelons of their government that, I think, should cause all of us pause given the size and nature of their nuclear arsenal.

Trent Franks

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The ocean, to me, is one of the most terrifying things on the planet.

Tom Holland

OceanMePlanetThingsMost

Sometimes, if I need assistance on the government level, I can appeal through official channels. For example, when I bought the New Jersey Nets, President Medvedev raised the issue with President Obama, who voiced support for the idea, which is always a nice thing to have going for us.

Mikhail Prokhorov

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You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'

Mickey Rourke

SchoolChoicesInterestingYouLook

I always felt that when people found things that they didn't like about me, it seemed to distance them from me.

Lou Barlow

PeopleMeDistanceAlwaysThings

I don't know why my smile has become a signature pose. I think it's a nice change. I think people want to see happiness, so a smile is what can bring that. I didn't make it my trademark on purpose.

Arizona Muse

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God only knows we need a great role model as a leader who is more leader than they are male or female, who is more about their mission that serves everyone than about ego and personal ambition that only serves them.

Mark Goulston

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My belief about acting in one foot on a banana peel and the other one in the grave.

Mark Ruffalo

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