I think I'm going to my grave without swimming from Cuba to Florida.
Diana Nyad
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Every boy in a free country ought to be instructed in boxing, wrestling, and the use of weapons. Every young man ought to be drilled. Every householder ought, at least, to have a right to own a rifle, and should know how to make cartridges.
John Boyle O'Reilly
ManFreeCountryKnowYoungBoy
I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they'll be filing lawsuits against me.
Andrea Hirata
AgeAloneDecisionPeopleMeIdeas
I was really surprised at the success of 'House of Sand and Fog,' because it is so awfully dark. Believe it or not, when writing it, I never had the word 'tragedy' in my head - I wasn't trying to write a dark book at all.
Andre Dubus III
SuccessFogWritingBookBelieve
The good part of having six kids is, there's always one who wants to hug you and say, 'Daddy, I love you.'
John McEnroe
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The way corporate media likes to portray America is as a homogenous whole that high-five's each other at the Super Bowl. But what we have is a grotesque disparity between the rich and poor that is only getting wider.
Tom Morello
RichAmericaMediaSuper BowlWay
And that's what the audience was feeling too, as they watched the show and as they watch it now. And overriding all of that is the way it was written. It was written honestly. There was never any manufactured laugh. There was never compromising of character.
Mary Tyler Moore
CharacterLaughFeelingWayNever
If you can write and create original characters, do your own show, develop your own material, it gives you more power than just waiting around to be hired.
Molly Shannon
PowerWaitingYouCreateMoreWrite
I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.
Michael Jordan
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At the same time, much of it seems to have to do with recreating things we or others had already done; it seems rather derivative intellectually; is there a dearth of really new ideas?
Dennis Ritchie
TimeIdeasNewDoneOthersSame
The word 'Chicano' was originally a derisive term from Mexicans to other Mexicans living in the United States.
Cheech Marin
LivingUnitedUnited StatesWord
I don't measure myself against my coaches, I don't measure myself against my teammates. If I'm doing jiu-jitsu for sport, I don't measure myself against the guy I'm rolling with or whatever belt he is or how many stripes he has on his belt. I measure myself every day against the guy I was yesterday.
CM Punk
MyselfDayDoingMeasureYesterday
When you move around a lot, there are little bits of you from everywhere. I mean, my father's French, and I speak French, and there's a kind of struggle in me that says, 'I'd like to be French.' But I've never been fully part of that culture, that role.
Claire Messud
FatherCultureStruggleMeSpeak
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