Will Miller
Will Miller
Will Milleris an American rower. He is a five time US National Team Member and competed in the Men's eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics placing 4th. He grew up in Duxbury, MA and received his undergraduate degree from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA. His father, Bill Miller, was also a US Olympic rower...
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When we had a 7-0 lead, it should have been 13-0. The game was at their speed, and the speed took us out of our rhythm.
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When we go out with the idea that we are going to fix somebody, then it communicates to them that they are inferior and it shames them.
When we go back, it's a different lifestyle. What a shock.
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conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the very presence of women. Turning our backs on that insight is an option, of course, but it is an option like teaching children that the world is flat.
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From antiquity, people have recognized the connection between naming and power.
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Every language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.
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Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.
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What has happened to the party I've spent my life working in?
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We can do a lot better in this city. We need leadership that's going to stand up and fight for urban areas across this country.
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We felt like our legislature was ready to make the changes that are necessary to this law and thought we'd ask them.
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We brought in some subtle maturity into the area of the eyes, into the area of the nose. These are again slow changes, very small, but we have to be conscious of that when we do the age progression.
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We bought toys for the kids because they were staying in a motel, ... I thought it was hard for them. Our family couldn't do it.
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We bought small amounts of cocaine out there daily, we bought $20 rocks. These people, same people, were selling $20 rocks all day long. So they have the potential to make a lot of money and easy money.
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What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in a novel are made out of the sentences. That's what their substance is.