Mike Middleton quotes

“I'm not even a household name in my own household”
-- Mike Middleton

Source : "Sacrificial lamb gets a roasting" by John Rawling, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2001.

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“The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.”

“Therefore a person fully absorbed in the bodily concept of life is surely killing himself by not making spiritual progress. Such a person is called pasu-ghna. Especially excluded from spiritual life are the animal hunters, who are not interested in hearing and chanting the holy name of the Lord. Such hunters are always unhappy, both in this life and in the next. It is therefore said that a hunter should neither die nor live because for such persons both living and dying are troublesome.”

“I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful.”

Source : FaceBook post by A.S. Byatt from Dec 16, 2011

“I loved her. I loved her with a something so fierce I couldn't even name it.”

“Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.”

“I've always boxed, I always taught boxing.”

“Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?”

“You're blowing it, son! You're blowing it!”

Source : "Angelo Dundee, More Than Just A Good Cornerman". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. February 4, 2012.

“It's been like that forever. We got spoiled by Joe Louis, by Rocky Marciano. Muhammad ruined us for everybody. He was great outside [the ring]; he was great inside. We got so accustomed to it we thought we deserved it.”

“I just put the reflexes in the proper direction.”

Source : " Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dies", www.theguardian.com. February 1, 2012.