“I should point out that I have a picture of Asbel Kiprop as the screensaver on my phone. Is that embarrassing?” Quote by Malcolm Gladwell
“If there is one thing I learned by reading Epstein's "The Sports Gene" it is that world-class athletes are, by definition, abnormal: that is, the kind of person capable of competing at that level is necessarily very different from the rest of us physiologically. They are outliers.” IfsWorldKindPersonsDifferentReadingSportsLevelsClassOne ThingCapableAthleteDefinitionsGenesCompetingAbnormalWorld ClassOutliers Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The sad thing about doping is how much it obscures our appreciation of greatness.” GreatnessAppreciationSad ThingsDoping Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I worry that track is going to enter into an impossibly complicated stage, where our understanding of the complexities of human physiology - and our ability to accentuate and exploit them - is going to make the notion of pure competition impossible.” HumansUnderstandingAbilityWorryImpossibleStagePureCompetitionNotionTrackComplicatedComplexityExploitsPhysiologyAccentuateComplexity Of Human Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I really can't answer that off the top of my head, my favorite movies. Each one individually was wonderfully made, wonderfully directed, wonderfully written, wonderfully acted, and each one was entirely different.I like romantic movies. I sort of go for the older movies.” MadeDifferentAnswersWrittenMy Favorite Author:Debbie Reynolds
“I'm just a movie fan. I used to go to the movies just to watch movies.” UsedWatchesFansWatch Movie Author:Debbie Reynolds
“I never dreamt of being in the movies. I was from a very average, I would say, a rather poor family, so my big treat was to work hard all week - I mowed lawns and babysat and washed dishes and washed cars - to go to the movies.” HardBigsPoorWeekCarHard WorkTreatsAverageDishesLawnsPoor Family Author:Debbie Reynolds
“I loved going to films, but as far as a movie buff, when I came into the movies at 16, life changed a little bit for me, from an onlooker to a person that lived within the industry. So now I would call myself a different sort of fan.” LittlesPersonsDifferentFilmBitsFansChangedIndustryLittle BitLife Changing Author:Debbie Reynolds
“I have over five thousand costumes and props and cars, and I have a twenty-five thousand square foot warehouse full of memorabilia.” FiveFeetCarThousandTwentiesSquaresCostumesTwenty FivePropsWarehouseMemorabilia Author:Debbie Reynolds
“I wasn't wattching television when I was a youngster; there was the radio.” TelevisionRadioYoungsters Author:Debbie Reynolds
“I think people want to stay home and run movies with their whole family at home. It become a family hobby instead of going out to the theater, sad to say. But I think it's very good because it reaches millions that would never see these movies.” PeopleThinkingWantWholeHomeRunningMillionsTheaterVery GoodGoing OutHobbiesWhole Family Author:Debbie Reynolds