Paavo Nurmi famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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If you want to tell something to an athlete, say it quickly and give no alternatives. This is a game of winning and losing. It is senseless to explain and explain.
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The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty.
-- Paavo Nurmi
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In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
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You must choose between your attachments and happiness.
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Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
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I've been thinking about disowning some of my genes lately. I have a few healthy, happy, long-living optimists in my family tree - most of them fans of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, a major champion of positive thinking. But I've got plenty of ancestors who played out more tortured hands.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.
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Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them
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Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to." "No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission." "We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.
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The melody is generally what the piece is all about.
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When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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That's what we do on 'Entourage.' We embed ourselves in legitimate authentic moments so wherever the action is happening, we're taking pieces from that red carpet.
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