"The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1500 metres."

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Steve Ovett

#Running Quotes #Nine Quotes #Events Quotes

“...And you're the only one who knows.”
“Kate Middleton's a pretty girl who sounds nice.”
“You could take the Internet enthusiasm that was happening in 1999 and 2000 here in the U.S., and in China it was three-to-five times more ebullient.”
“Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.”
“I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to paint. You're a writer because this is what you do.”
“For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.”
“Since we've done that type of work [ voiceover], we know how isolating it can be, and we wanted to make the actors more comfortable.”
“The first trip I remember taking was on the train from Virginia up to New York City, watching the summertime countryside rolling past the window. They used white linen tablecloths in the dining car in those days, and real silver. I love trains to this day. Maybe that was the beginning of my fixation with leisurely modes of travel.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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