Mary Pilon Quotes

When George Hirsch ran the New York City Marathon in 1976, the first year the course snaked through all five boroughs, the event was a lean affair. He and two thousand others dodged wayward bicycles and pedestrians on the streets, with little help from an anemic police presence.

Mary Pilon

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Larry Kasdan wanted us all there, all the time, even if we weren't filming.

JoBeth Williams

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I started training with school friends and, one by one, they all dropped out. When we became teenagers, it seemed more exciting to go shopping at weekends. My mum told me not to worry about what my friends were doing and to stick at it.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

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We talk about players of yesteryear, guys who could play or couldn't play, and I think it's ridiculous to try to even compare people... The things that you can do in basketball today that you couldn't even do then... you can carry the ball; you walk all over the place.

Jerry West

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On 'Workaholics,' I feel like I'm just hanging out with my buddies being filmed, but on 'Mindy,' I'm around professional funny people who act. Guys like Chris Messina, who are the real deal. I watch what they do and put my own spin on it.

Anders Holm

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Anyone who is dealing with any issue or any illness whatsoever, without a support network, chances are the person will not survive.

Mauro Ranallo

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I really didn't realise until I got back the work that goes into a performance. You're like an athlete - if you haven't been practising things tighten up. I had to do a lot of practice work, but I got through it. Even when I was 21 I would have a 40-minute nap on the day of a show, and I will still do that.

Michael Crawford

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I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.

John Sladek

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Societies that empower women are less violent in every way.

Steven Pinker

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Sometimes you just have to be willing to delegate and not feel like you're the only one with the answer.

Ronald D. Moore

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I guess, somewhere along the line, when we first came out, somebody thought it was a crime to be young and not wear a cowboy hat and sing country music.

Jay DeMarcus

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Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.

Donal Henahan

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The concept of disruption is about competitive response; it is not a theory of growth. It's adjacent to growth. But it's not about growth.

Clayton M. Christensen

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