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Jesse Owens has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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People come out to see you perform and you've got to give them the best you have within you.
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One day or another every athlete feels like taking it easy. He stops trying to exceed his limits, and thinks he can…
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We must respect the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then learn to play the game of life, as well as…
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When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I…
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It all goes so fast, and character makes the difference when it's close
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I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics,…
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Only by God?s grace have I made it to see today and only by God?s grace will I ever see tomorrow.
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The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers - weak, empty fingers. The only…
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If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries…
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It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only…
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I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air…
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After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap…
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Fair and softly goes far.
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Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
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Evolution is the creation-myth of our age. By telling us our origin it shapes our views of what we are. It influences…
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I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread…
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Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action. Their acquisition…
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He who treads softly goes far.
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Well, to find, not the meaning of life because I believe in mysteries, I believe that there is a mystery that goes…
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Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders confusion, saves abundance of time, and instructs…
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It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but…
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