"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts."
"Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown."
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Source: Fictional character: Captain Nemo. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, www.imdb.com. 1954.
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