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I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career. ↗

— William Joyce

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I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

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If you want to run as fast as the men, you've got to train like the men. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

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I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults. ↗

— William Joyce

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I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed it and put George in a land of giants, which is basically what every kid goes through anyway - that, you know, the world is made for grownups, for tall people, for the giants. ↗

— William Joyce

#basically #big #every #everything #george

I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office. ↗

— William Joyce

#away #billy #bit #booger #book

If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded. ↗

— William Joyce

#stories #tell #want #you

The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger.' It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math. ↗

— William Joyce

#autobiographical #bad #billy #booger #book

The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law. ↗

— William Joyce

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The town, the team, it's a family. That has helped. For some people who have had to deal with some of the problems I have had to deal with don't have football as an out. ↗

— Brett Favre

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