Carl Lewis Quotes

I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a really emotional person and it helped make me a better person.

Carl Lewis

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MyselfMeBetter PersonBetterYou

Im from Tomball: Tomball, Texas. Its a small town on the northwest side of Houston. I dont think it's as country as people make it seem. It's actually growing. But don't go there without me, man, because they'll take your shoes and all of that.

Jimmy Butler

ShoesManPeopleMeSmallThink

We're entertainers. We're theatrical.

Andy Biersack

EntertainersTheatrical

My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

FatherLostRelativesMineOther

I wanted the opportunity to play for Tom Osborne. Here we are in the locker room at half-time, gathering around Coach Osborne. It grows quiet, and I'll never forget what he said. He said, 'Let's get this over with.'

Jeff Fortenberry

OpportunityNever ForgetQuietPlay

There are huge divorces and divides and chasms in black America between the have-gots and the have-nots, between the monied and the poor, between the educated and the non-educated. And there are huge and growing chasms daily. And I want to say that it's not simply about generation. It's about genre.

Michael Eric Dyson

DailyBlackGenerationAmericaWant

'Ghost City' was actually one of the few instances of non-fiction that I had written, and I felt that I probably said what I wanted. I think it must be different for every author; I haven't done very much of it, and perhaps, in a way, I found it rather painful, which is why I don't really do it very often.

Ronald Frame

CityThinkBe DifferentSaidDone

You know when people start talking about freedom they have to be old. They gotta be old-fashioned and really out of touch. Freedom? Well, what's that? Who needs any of that?

Rush Limbaugh

FreedomPeopleStartTalkingYou

As the leaders of this great country, I urge my fellow colleagues in the House, governors, and presidential candidates alike to hold ourselves up to a higher standard.

Mike Quigley

GreatColleaguesHouseCountryUp

I wish that more people were willing to turn down upfront money in exchange for doing things that are more original. Turning down a seven-figure check has a ripple effect on the budget, which has a ripple effect on the storytelling. The higher the budget gets, the fewer storytelling risks you're able to take.

Jason Blum

MoneyRisksPeopleWishDoingYou

I think Republicans need to take income inequality more seriously. Not because I favor equality of outcomes. I do not. I think the Right is correct to stress merit and earned rewards, not handouts and forced equality. But I think what Republicans are blind to is that power corrupts.

Jonathan Haidt

PowerStressEqualityThinkBlind

Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

FunnyHumorManHimWhoKnew

Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists.

Colin R. Davis

SuccessCelebrityEveryoneArtists

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