"I began with track and field because this is what I know."

-- Sergei Bubka

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“The sun is a-wait at the ponderous gate of the West.”

Source : Sidney Lanier, Charles Roberts Anderson (1969). “Sidney Lanier: poems and letters”, Johns Hopkins University Press
“The chief difference between me and others is that I have plenty of time not only because I am without a multitude of responsibilities and without daily tasks, which demand attention: But also because I am basically without ambition. Neither the present nor the future has claims on me.”
“Some of the angles that photographers get on court are not always flattering.”
“Language... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.”
“Sometimes it's fun to explore ideas that might make people uncomfortable. If you let it, there's a lot of self-censoring that can go on in the name of remaining likeable, but I don't find that an artistically interesting path to take.”

Source : "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.
“There's no doubt that Iran funds and supplies Hamas with weapons.”
“Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies”

Source : Robert W. Chambers (2016). “The Maker of Moons”, p.233, Robert W. Chambers
“As a veteran, you're a little more poised on that mental side. But athletically, I didn't really think I could get better.”

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