"...if I survived the Marines, I can survive Ali."

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Chuck Wepner

#Marine Quotes #Boxing Quotes

“My dream was to not get a day job but to sleep, wake up and do my music. I want to keep that dream forever.”
“Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage, I was able to combine all the things I'd learnt through writing on my own.”
“America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.”
“Good rock 'n' roll is something that makes you feel alive. It's something that's human, and I think that most music today isn't. ... To me good rock 'n' roll also encompasses other things, like Hank Williams and Charlie Mingus and a lot of things that aren't strictly defined as rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll is an attitude, it's not a musical form of a strict sort. It's a way of doing things, of approaching things. Writing can be rock 'n' roll, or a movie can be rock 'n' roll. It's a way of living your life.”
“Patience has tender feet.”
“Every single person has a life to live, a work to do, a glorious personality, a wonderful individuality.”
“If I were dead, I wouldn't be sad, and I wouldn't be glad, because I wouldn't be.”

Source : Marcus Sedgwick (2009). “Ghosts and Gadgets”, p.185, Hachette UK
“Now I know you should listen to what your body is telling you.”

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