Felix Dennis Quotes

Good ideas are like Nike sports shoes. They may facilitate success for an athlete who possesses them, but on their own they are nothing but an overpriced pair of sneakers. Sports shoes don't win races. Athletes do.

Felix Dennis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: publisher
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 27, 1947 - June 22, 2014

Topics

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I look at Las Vegas, and I see the absolute best of what we are as Americans, and I see the absolute worst, in the same city.

Joe Carnahan

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My mom used to say that if someone woke her up in the middle of the night and asked how old she was, she'd answer 27. Hearing her, I'd think, 'That's ridiculous; your job as my mom is to be old.'

Jennifer Egan

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When I was a kid. I started writing when I was 13. I got my first electric guitar when I was 13, but I'd always been singing. I had my first little acoustic when I was six. But I started being in bands when I was 13. Crappy rock bands, avant-garde things where we'd, like, 'wanna go against the norm, man.'

Jeff Buckley

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When it comes to the Sunnis and Shiites, it is not for the United States or for us or for anyone else to settle who was the heir of Muhammad. This is a Muslim and Arab problem, and they have to deal with it.

Shimon Peres

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I reorganize my closet nearly every week.

Rob Kardashian

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I remember times of anxiety, ups and downs, and times of unexpected windfalls. But my parents loved what they did. And because their work was also their hobby, it taught me that work could be fulfilling.

Rosamund Pike

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In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government.

Lucy Powell

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Soils and national characters differ, but fairy tales are the same in plot and incidents, if not in treatment.

Joseph Jacobs

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As a husband, father and public servant, I'm thankful for the counsel and wisdom of my older brothers - Bill, who was a priest, and Kevin, who is a priest.

Denis McDonough

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When I started modeling, I was told to tan, but I always protected my face.

Christie Brinkley

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If people like something you've done - or don't like it - this shouldn't determine what you write or how you write it. Those are two separate things entirely: your work and the world's response to it.

Claire Messud

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People keep saying I've changed. I used to be confrontational. But I'm - I haven't changed. It was - it's just that circumstances have changed.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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