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"When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody."
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Personal Development
"I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made."
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Personal Development
"Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done."
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Personal Development
"Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not his style. But I think his attitude has always been if it had to be done he'd prefer me to do it than somebody else."
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Personal Development
"Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there."
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Personal Development
"What you are will show in what you do."
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Personal Development
"The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them."
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Personal Development
"Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me."
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Personal Development
"We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases."
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Personal Development
"Great effort springs naturally from great attitude."
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"Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact."
Fact
"One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while."
Sports
"I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there."
Want
"In everyday life there is always manana. There is no urgency."
Life
"Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching."
Thought
"The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that."
Health
"My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will."
Sports
"If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique."
Sports
"Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it."
Art
"Life is true to form; records are meant to be broken."
Life
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