Quote authors in 1940

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Authors of 1940

Born or Deceased in 1940

John Lennon

Born :9 October 1940

Russell banks

Born :28 March 1940

John Havlicek

Born :8 April 1940

Jack Nicklaus

Born :21 January 1940

Tony Oliva

Born :20 July 1940

Merlin Olsen

Born :15 September 1940

Wilma Rudolph

Born :23 June 1940

Willie Stargell

Born :6 March 1940

Fran Tarkenton

Born :3 February 1940

Joe Torre

Born :18 July 1940

Frank Zappa

Born :21 December 1940

Paul Arden

Born :7 April 1940

Peter Benchley

Born :8 May 1940

Quotes of 1940

Quotes taken from the authors in 1940

Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.

John Havlicek

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature.

Russell banks

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.

Russell banks

If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work.

Russell banks

It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.

Russell banks

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

Russell banks

I can barely turn on my computer!

Jack Nicklaus

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.

Jack Nicklaus

Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of.

Jack Nicklaus

And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.

Jack Nicklaus

I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.

Jack Nicklaus

Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.

Willie Stargell

To be successful, one must take chances.

Willie Stargell

That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.

Willie Stargell

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

Willie Stargell

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

Willie Stargell

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

Wilma Rudolph

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

Wilma Rudolph

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

Wilma Rudolph

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

Wilma Rudolph