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Johnny Weissmuller

"I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA."

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"I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA."

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Asa Don Brown

"She looked out and saw a tall and comely woman beckoning to her. Susannah's first look at Mia in the flesh astounded her, because the chap's mother was *white.* Apparently Odetta-that-was now had a Caucasian side to her personality and how that must frost Detta Walker's racially sensitive butt!"

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Asa Don Brown

"I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race."

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Asa Don Brown

"In the biological sense, race does not exist."

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Asa Don Brown

"Growing up I sometimes imagined that for Christ's return perhaps He would appear as 'Black Jesus' to white people and 'White Jesus' to black people just to screw with the racists."

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Asa Don Brown

"A 'white' kid that asks too many questions is called 'curious.' A 'black' kid that asks too many questions is called 'forward.'"

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Asa Don Brown

"There is nothing like race, is there?"

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Asa Don Brown

"I never though much about race."

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Asa Don Brown

"I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win."

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Asa Don Brown

"Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race."

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Asa Don Brown

"It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered."

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"Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years."
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"Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely."
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"How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?"
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"I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars."
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"When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring."
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"I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick."
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"The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor."
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"Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it."
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"We didn't have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves."
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"The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture."
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