"My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'."

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Source : Interview with Jim White, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2002.

Haile Gebrselassie

#Sports Quotes #Fun Quotes #Father Quotes

“The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.”
“You don't scream because you're scared. You scream on purpose.”
“Most artists try to break your heart, or they accidentally break their own hearts.But I find the quietness in the ordinary much more satisfying.”
“When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.”

Source : "Iain Duncan Smith outlines yardsticks for success of social justice policy" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2012.
“Every Christian should live life with an open Bible and an open map.”
“We might say that psychoanalysis revealed to us the complex penalties of denying the truth of man's condition, what we might call the costs of pretending not to be mad.”
“To be good or bad doesn't count: life out in this world doesn't depend on that. It depends on a relation of forces based on violence. And survival is violence. You'll wear leather shoes because someone has killed a cow and skinned it to make leather.”
“I have a hard time even calling myself a musician, but I still have to be involved in music in some capacity in my life.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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