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I have sometimes imagined my own death and brought myself to tears. ↗

— Martin Short

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I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations. ↗

— Martin Short

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I have a kind of objective luxury about my career. ↗

— Martin Short

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I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace. ↗

— Martin Short

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I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge. ↗

— Martin Short

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One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife. ↗

— Martin Short

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Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people. ↗

— Nigel Short

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A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time. ↗

— Frank Shorter

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For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point. ↗

— Frank Shorter

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Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It's part of racing. ↗

— Frank Shorter

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