"I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another."

-- Al Oerter

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“Every day I wake up and I really try to pinch myself to take advantage of today and to use that freedom of gesture to do what I really like to do.”
“I started writing letters home to my mother, saying that I wanted to come home, grandma won't let me sing.”
“We have the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should tolerate even them whenever we can do so without running a great risk; but the risk may become so great that we cannot allow ourselves the luxury.”
“Since the events of September 11, weve rightfully changed our military strategy so were now taking the fight to those individuals who aim to do us harm, rather than waiting for another atrocious attack to happen.”
“A pattern is an idea that has been useful in one practical context and will probably be useful in others.”

Source : Martin Fowler (1997). “Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models”, p.8, Addison-Wesley Professional
“Over a four-month period, I sat down and wrote every day. And then there was a novel, and all of a sudden, there were agents and offers.”
“We were impelled to remain loyal for a while to the memory of Penny. It was a form of the old fashioned custom of going into mourning. It is not a question of going around with a long face. It is just a question of having a pause between the old and the new. No haste to find a substitute for the one who has given you love for years. Wait, and let fate provide the answer.”
“I have two pairs of eyes â€“ one to paint and one to take photographs.”

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