Takeru Kobayashi Quotes

#1. I know that I have a special stomach.

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#2. Stimulation-wise, I might be a little bit addicted when it comes to pushing my body to extremes.

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#3. I did one year at NYU, and I'd love to go back there someday.

Alexis Bledel

#4. The one thing that's broken inside of me is that I've lost the signal most people have to feel hungry or feel full.

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#5. I was able to participate in New York Fashion Week and walk down the runway. I participated in a pizza contest in Canada.

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#6. Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about records. I probably won't continue for long because it puts pressure on the body. But I am at the age where I can perform my best.

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#7. I could easily go one or two days without realizing that I'm so, so hungry. That's the negative outcome of what I've become.

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#8. Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.

Charles Caleb Colton

#9. Stealing it, in a sick kind of sense, was like earning it.

Markus Zusak

#10. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

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#11. I just want to compete and do what I love.

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#12. People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.

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#13. One cannot be betrayed if one has no people.

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#14. About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.

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#15. I basically go to the gym three times a week to do weight training for one or two hours.

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#16. I realized crime isn't the only way you can judge people. People can do good things, and people can do bad things. It's probably better to understand people for the good things they do.

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#17. When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away.

Sharon Salzberg

#18. I just grill chicken and make very simple cuisine.

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#19. I've been to the Empire State Building with four friends, and it was very beautiful at that time around midnight.

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#20. And then he bent to kiss her there.
She flinched and bucked, bashing him in the head with her knee.
Ouch.
With a low moan of pain, Logan rolled to the side, clutching his head.

Tessa Dare

#21. If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.

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