"I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a race it was fear. The greatest stimulator of my running was fear."

-- Herb Elliott

#Running Quotes #Race Quotes #Personality Quotes

“I was stranded in Disco. I went to dozens of darkened places with enough flashing lights to drive the average person mad. I felt lost in the pulse of sheer panic.”
“The Broader interpretation that often seems to underlie the new economy label is that we are witnessing a more fundamental change in the paradigm. The old rules no longer apply. Throw out the NAIRU. Heck, throw out supply and demand. No limits, no business cycles.”
“Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.”
“That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.”

Source : Aphra Behn (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Aphra Behn (Illustrated)”, p.2628, Delphi Classics
“Mere imagination would indeed be mere trifling; only no imagination is mere .”
“I'm a modern woman in the sense of I take care of myself, I'm fiercely independent, and I'm really ambitious. Yet I have these old-school thoughts in my mind.”

Source : "'Why are the catwalks so white?'". Interview with Alice Fisher, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2008.
“I'm getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime. / Pull out the stopper! Let's have a whopper! / But get me to the church on time!.”

Source : "Get Me to the Church on Time" (song) (1956)
“Being kissed by a man who didn't wax his moustache was-like eating an egg without salt.”

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