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Tears for Fears was always very personal, but at the same time, it was always big business, a lot of pressure.
- Roland Orzabal
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When I see sentimental scenes, I get emotional and tears start flowing from my eyes.
- Ali
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
- Rachel Hurd-Wood
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If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.
- Simon Sinek
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Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends.
- Sally Pearson
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I remember being about eight and watching 'Pollyanna' with Hayley Mills. I looked at my mum and said, 'Mum, I want to be Pollyanna.' She said, 'You're going to have to make yourself cry if you want to be an actress.' So I turned my head away, and when I turned it back I was in floods of tears.
- Laura Haddock
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Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It's like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes.
- Meghan O'Rourke
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Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.
- Julie Burchill
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When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.
- Reba McEntire
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All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.
- Lord Alfred Douglas
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I heard heart wrenching stories about fans who had tickets for the 1980 show in Montreal, the first concert that didn't happen, when my dad died. They'd be in tears. It was hard to deal with sometimes.
- Jason Bonham
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I'll never forget during the 'Descendants' parade at Disneyland when I waved at a girl with bright blue hair and witnessed her dream being realized and the involuntary tears that followed.
- Cameron Boyce
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Anger tears me up inside... My own... or anyone else's.
- Betty White
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If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'.
- Claude Vorilhon
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Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.
- Rene Daumal
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I do not weep: I loathe tears, for they are a sign of slavery.
- Max Beckmann
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I remember stealing some pic n' mix when I was seven; when I got out of the shop, I burst into tears.
- Jessica Brown Findlay
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
- Sallust
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Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
- Natalie Clifford Barney
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The tension between Jews and Arabs tears us apart.
- Benny Gantz
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My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.
- Paul Simon
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I do have body-image issues, just like everyone else. I mean, I wish I had bigger boobs. And I hate my butt. I want an onion butt - you know, a butt that'll bring tears to your eyes?
- Leslie Bibb
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I made my drama teacher cry. I only took drama to get out of writing papers in English and the teacher was this thespian Broadway geek and here I was this Italian guy from Staten Island and I would put her in tears.
- Vinny Guadagnino
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Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.
- Alvin Ailey
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When Alexander of Macedon was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer. Eric Bristow is only 27.
- Sid Waddell
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I am Amaxon Corazon Junia Principia Delgado the Third, and I bent over my meal and wept luxurious tears into my green banana porridge. It was a perfect decoction, and it now would not satisfy me.
- Nalo Hopkinson
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I remember I was, like, 6 years old when I found out that I was having a little brother, and I was wishing and wishing for a sister. When my mom came out and my dad, and they're like, 'It's a boy,' Spencer, my twin brother, is cheering and jumping up and down, and then I burst into tears. I was so sad. I was crying.
- Peyton List
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I'm sure when the times comes, there will be tears, but there are other avenues that I am embracing with much more passion these days.
- Cat Osterman
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Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: 'Lou, you're a leading man because you're a good actor.' Brought tears to my eyes.
- Lou Diamond Phillips
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It's terribly important that you can criticise people's ideas without criticising them, and if they burst into tears, it means that you tend to hold back from getting at the absolute truth.
- Tim Hunt
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We men we are so sensitive and we have been placed in a bad role. It's unfair that we're shown without tears, without feelings. My job is to change that stereotype.
- Kim Bodnia
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I did not walk every step of the Trail of Tears at one time. Instead, over the last 20 years, I have walked various segments of it in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
- Joseph Bruchac
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The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties.
- Joseph Bruchac
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It's really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching 'Daddy's Little Girls' literally in tears.
- Idris Elba
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I vividly remember sixth grade. It's the year when kids turn mean, and it's definitely no longer okay to cry in public. So we force our hot tears back, and they burn our throats all the way down.
- Lisa McMann
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I actually failed my first license test. I got an automatic fail. I guess I had been doing well but she had to pull the emergency brake so obviously there was a problem. I remember them handing me my fail paper and me just bursting into tears.
- Jane Levy
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When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as Most Valuable Player of the NBA is just a huge honor. I didn't really realize how big it was until Mark Cuban had tears in his eyes at the award ceremony.
- Dirk Nowitzki
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This game wears on you. It tears you down. It's perpetual motion for some people who've achieved a level of independence, like Madonna and Jay-Z - they don't need to do music anymore. But there's people who need it. And in that need, that's when it's tough and it tears you to pieces.
- Lupe Fiasco
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If you laughed earlier in the poem, and I bring you close to tears in the end, that's the best.
- James Tate
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In my 20s, I used to cry about why I wasn't thinner or prettier, but I want to add that I also used to cry about things like, 'I wish my hair would grow faster. I wish I had different shoes...' I was an idiot... It's a decade of tears.
- Melissa McCarthy
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A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.
- Charles Peguy
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And, as an adult, I tried skiing, and I ended up in tears.
- Sutton Foster
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The way the vocal folds work is that they can get inflamed and in pain, but actual tears in the folds are somewhat rare. I've never torn anything. Been too strained plenty of times.
- John Darnielle
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This is my greatest regret - that my music is not being played, and more people aren't seeing Chubby Checker. That's very painful for me. Many nights, I have tears in my eyes about that.
- Chubby Checker
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While therefore your tears flow, let a due proportion be tears of joy. Yet take the bitter cup with both hands and sit down to your repast. You will soon learn a secret: that there is sweetness at the bottom.
- Adoniram Judson
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This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free.
- Richard V. Allen
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I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
- Bette Midler
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A couple of girls I've signed autographs for have just cried or broken out into tears.
- Chaske Spencer
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While some of the tales of woe emanating from the court are enough to bring tears to the eyes, it is true that only Supreme Court justices and schoolchildren are expected to and do take the entire summer off.
- John Roberts
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Many hotels, I just sat there and - I call it the silent scream - I don't know why, you just sit there, and tears will just come down, and you'll just sit there for hours, man. There's no place to turn, and when you do turn, who cares? You're just a dumb professional wrestler.
- Roddy Piper
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The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchphrase in our family is 'Listen to my words, not my tears.'
- Sara Bareilles
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'The X Factor' seems to be more about building up personalities and people in tears. And it's not a new idea. The pre-Beatles pop world was full of manufactured pop stars. The thing is that you can't imagine any of the artists you look back at and admire ever going on 'The X Factor.'
- Jools Holland
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Despite what Wordsworth says about thoughts that 'lie too deep for tears', I think tears are a pretty reliable indication of being in the grips of a profound experience.
- Geoff Dyer
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Now that I'm a mom, it brings tears to my eyes.
- Ainsley Earhardt
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Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.
- Saint Ignatius
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If you go back and look at President Reagan's speeches, they bring you to tears almost.
- Lawrence Bender
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There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.
- Dorothy Dix
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Understand that once I step on the pitch with the Saints shirt and armband I give my blood, sweat and tears for the club and will always will no matter what you read or think. My professionalism means everything to me and no one can point me a finger about it.
- Jose Fonte
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
- Pat Nixon
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I have to tell you, I'm not like Demi Moore, where the tears trickle prettily down my cheeks. My whole face screws up and it's like, 'Oh please, get a room.'
- Jennifer Tilly
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Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.
- Alfred Adler
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Most of my friends are male. And I've known some of them to literally go through mental breakdowns and still not talk about how they feel. Except to me. My shoulders are sodden with the tears of men.
- Jameela Jamil
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Some of the pictures in 'The Human Face of Big Data' will bring tears to your eyes; others are so surprising or memorable that you just have to show them to your friends and family.
- Rick Smolan
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I remember playing games and having tears roll down my face because it felt like it was never going to be good enough.
- Christen Press
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To talk about the '60s almost brings tears to my eyes. What we did. What we all did. We changed the world.
- Curtis Mayfield
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I was early taught by sorrow to shed tears, and now when sudden joy lights up, or any unexpected sorrow strikes my heart, I find it difficult to repress the full and swelling tide of feeling.
- Dorothea Dix
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Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.
- George William Russell
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They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.
- Zhang Ziyi
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At that time, I feel sad, and I feel no one knows how hard I work and how many tears. They only know the score. At that time, I feel very lonely because no one understands since they haven't been world No. 1 before.
- Yani Tseng
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Jessie Wallace was the first time I erupted. She was late, she was young. She's not like that any more. I lost my temper. It was silly and I burst into tears and ran up to the producer. I said I had been terrible and amateur.
- Barbara Windsor
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I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.
- J. Michael Straczynski
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If I had a superpower, it would be to teleport. The idea of seeing the world in one day is exciting, but the thought of not checking bags almost moves me to tears.
- Colton Underwood
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We used to have skunks that would go under our house and scratch their backs. I remember after I had my first baby, I didn't really have many friends, but I got invited to a dinner with a group of people from town. We all took the same vehicle, and I got in, and someone goes, 'I smell skunk.' I had to fight back tears.
- Ree Drummond
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The way I see it, my blood, sweat, and tears are not just for me; it's for Fifth Harmony as well. We have been blessed. Most groups have lead singers, but we don't.
- Normani Kordei
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This is the kind of situation that can tear people apart. It tears at the fabric of your soul and can certainly tear at your marriage and ours has gotten only stronger.
- Shelley Fabares
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People miss those who they love. It brings tears to my eyes to see the longing for me. But it's my decision to do fewer films and more protagonist-based roles. For me to take up something, it has to make a lot of sense to me.
- Rani Mukerji
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My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away.
- Kim Wilde
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
- Petrarch
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Tears are the noble language of the eye.
- Robert Herrick
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I saw a cardinal when I was in Brooklyn, and I was almost moved to tears. I was, like, 'I can't believe this thing is legal. I can't believe this thing is in the wild. How did this happen? How has someone not killed them all? They're so conspicuous. They're gorgeous. How can they still be alive?'
- Nell Zink
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There are lot memories to take home but the most emotional moment has been when I was touching down in New Delhi. Tears rolled down when I saw the red soil in Delhi from the plane.
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar
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There is no word for feeling nostalgic about the future, but that's what a parent's tears often are, a nostalgia for something that has not yet occurred. They are the pain of hope, the helplessness of hope, and finally, the surrender to hope.
- Michael Ian Black
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
- Henry Ward Beecher
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Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we've come and the progress we've made.
- John Lewis
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I've always been able to transform happiness and pain and sorrow and tears into positive energy.
- Thalia
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If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.
- Anthony Storr
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The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears.
- Alfred de Musset
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I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.
- Gayle Forman
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Nothing dries sooner than tears.
- Samuel Richardson
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I just don't believe in abortion, period. But I would never take away a woman's right to choose what's good for her body. But I still believe that when you do have an abortion, still inside, you go through a lot of stuff. It tears away at your spirit and your soul. So I don't think people think about that.
- Sherri Shepherd
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My sister gave my two-and-a-half year old this book called 'And Tango Makes Three,' about the gay penguin couple at the Central Park Zoo. They cared for an orphan egg 'til it hatched and then raised the baby penguin as their own. I cannot get through this book without copious amounts of tears and snot running down my face.
- Miriam Shor
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Cricket has given me everything. If I'm anything today, it is because of the game... where I have given blood, sweat, and tears.
- Mohammad Azharuddin
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Characters die all the time. At times, they die amongst a reader's tears, and at others, amongst the applause, and some, still, in quiet satisfaction.
- Ben Peek
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My daughters prefer Tears for Fears songs as they're more upbeat and generic. Dad's songs are 'a little too sad' for them, which just means that they're harder to understand.
- Curt Smith
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I went to live in New York and released a solo album that I now know was very bad. Roland kept on with the Tears For Fears name. It was a bad split.
- Curt Smith
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I don't believe that what Tears for Fears has done, and continues to do, can be pigeonholed into a genre or decade.
- Curt Smith
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Tears for Fears is me and Roland.
- Curt Smith
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If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest.
- Jimmy Breslin
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When I see out-of-shape, overweight people huffing and puffing in the gym, my eyes well up with tears of pride. I want to walk over to them, hug them, and say, 'Good on you for getting in here. It gets better!' You know why? Because they're challenging themselves.
- Steven Crowder
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I used to have tears in my eyes on the way to practice because I was so focused. For me, track and field was serious business. I didn't have any friends. I was very isolated and very focused.
- Edwin Moses
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