Bill Bowerman Quotes

A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.

Bill Bowerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: coach
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 19, 1911 - December 24, 1999

Topics

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Fiction is my deepest love, but I love journalism, too. It keeps me thinking vigorously, and it reminds me that there is a world out there.

Jennifer Egan

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I wanted my voice to be a tenor sax, really.

Robert Plant

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Jesus is not only the Son of God, but He is God Himself. Having all power in His hands, He laid down His life for people who deserved God's justice, not His mercy.

Monica Johnson

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I've always had an eye for nature, but it's the sort of thing to keep quiet about, because I don't want to come across as a mad hippy. But it makes sense to appreciate those things.

Jarvis Cocker

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The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

Jose Saramago

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Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty. And you can't investigate up the chain of command, which is a huge impediment.

Jon Krakauer

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I want you to begin keeping a calendar of who you see and when: the first day each year you see buttercups, the first day frogs start singing, the last day you see robins in the fall, the first day for grasshoppers. In short, I want you to pay attention.

Derrick Jensen

DaySingingStartShortYearYou

Taiwan is an independent sovereign country.

Chen Shui-bian

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Women are more likely to have a ruptured uterus if they've had multiple C-sections because there's more scar tissue.

Christy Turlington

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The status quo is simply unacceptable.

Brad Henry

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Americans are paying for our lack of an energy policy with their jobs and out of their pocketbooks.

Bob Beauprez

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I'm trying to surround myself during my life with the eight people I'd surround my bed with on my death.

Bob Goff

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