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I sleep in a bed every night with a woman I... STEVE SOUTHERLAND What is true is that if we do not change the culture of Washington, D.C., the United States of Ameri... STEVE SOUTHERLAND One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected ... STEVE SOUTHERLAND If you love helping people, and you love trying to bring comfort and peace to their life at a very, ... STEVE SOUTHERLAND I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the b... STEVE SOUTHERLAND Don't wait for your ship to come in. Swim out to it. STEVE SOUTHERLAND You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football. STEVE PREFONTAINE I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't g... STEVE PREFONTAINE If you can make money with your talents, why not? STEVE PREFONTAINE I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what. STEVE PREFONTAINE It doesn't feel that good when you're ahead the whole way. STEVE PREFONTAINE If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slo... STEVE PREFONTAINE This is my last year at Oregon, and it means a lot to me. The people have been great to me up there,... STEVE PREFONTAINE If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 me... STEVE PREFONTAINE Nobody likes tainted victories. STEVE PREFONTAINE No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me. STEVE PREFONTAINE What I want is to be number one. STEVE PREFONTAINE Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could ... STEVE PREFONTAINE Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took o... STEVE PREFONTAINE Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of thi... STEVE PREFONTAINE A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable ... STEVE PREFONTAINE When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that ha... STEVE PREFONTAINE I have a positive mental attitude, and I think I'm divine, but I also think it takes a heck of a... STEVE PREFONTAINE My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perf... STEVE PREFONTAINE Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something bea... STEVE PREFONTAINE A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish... STEVE PREFONTAINE To hell with love of country - I compete for myself. STEVE PREFONTAINE I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one ... STEVE PREFONTAINE It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain. STEVE PREFONTAINE Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back t... STEVE PREFONTAINE In January 2013, one could buy a Bitcoin for about $13. By late November, one Bitcoin would have set... STEVE HANKE In 2008, Bitcoin was mysteriously introduced to the world in an obscure, technical paper written und... STEVE HANKE Flourishing is everyone's birthright. I'm trying to break this hold that being smiley and ch... STEVE JURVETSON Birthplace of Obama: Oahu. Birthplace of Obama's budget policies: Neverland. STEVE BREEN White Americans believe we've made more progress since the end of slavery in 1865 than do black ... STEVE ERICKSON Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that's why people gravitate... STEVE NASH We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop,... STEVE NASH Since I was first nominated to serve as Treasury Secretary, I have been maligned as taking advantage... STEVE MNUCHIN When you play with Kobe Bryant, the ball is gonna be with him most of the time, which is understanda... STEVE NASH