"When I was at Manchester, where there was a modern swimming pool, I was looked on as a great man, not for so trivial a reason as being an FRS, but because I used to dive off a five-metre board."

-- Louis J. Mordell

#Swimming Quotes #Men Quotes #Boards Quotes

“I believe that the sight is a more important thing than the drawing...”
“Some people think we will see a nuclear explosion in Europe or the United States within the next 10 years. Will it happen? Sure, it's possible. But I think we can greatly diminish that risk. The only way you can do that is through cooperation, and it has to be global.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.”
“I came from a war-torn country and I was a victim of that racism because within tribes, within political lines, people were fighting. The first thing that I like to fight is racism because I know what it means, how it destroys the fabric of my society, of my wellbeing.”
“People want to relate to that. That's a healthy place to be. Even movies do this: War movies or light-hearted comedies, they all have their different time. And this is the time, fortunately, for straight plays... Are you going to come see it?”
“Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today.”
“I will continue to be intelligent, I vowed, no matter how beautiful I become.”

Source : "Aging" by Paulina Porizkova, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 21, 2010.
“I won't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day....”

Source : Quoted in Independent (London), 10 Dec. 1992

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