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My school was six miles away from where I lived on the farm. I had to walk and run, there and back every day, through gorges and over rivers. If I was late, there was a very big stick waiting for me. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#back #big #day #every #every day

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position. ↗

— Marcel Duchamp

#art #beauty #cannot #chess #commercialized

Chemistry is really about two people who like to act together, I think. It's like tennis in the most cliched way. It's like if you hit the ball, they hit the ball back, and they don't hit it into the stands, and they don't put the ball in their pocket and walk off - and they don't argue with the umpire, you know? ↗

— David Duchovny

#act #argue #back #ball #chemistry

Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film. ↗

— David Duchovny

#games #more #nature #options #plot

I always think 12 times before saying anything. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#anything #before #i #i always #saying

There's a couple of tracks on the new record which is sort of using similar sort of rhythms as the drum and bass tracks but playing it all live. It's a new approach to it. ↗

— Tom Jenkinson

#bass #couple #drum #live #new

I knew Secrets and Lies was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#because #did #expect #film #films

Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships. ↗

— David Duchovny

#answer #expect #journalists #me #most

I like the enthusiasm but not the insincerity of Los Angeles. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#enthusiasm #i #insincerity #like #los

My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they? ↗

— Tammy Duckworth

#doing #done #great #great job #happy