"Even if I wanted to run for Ethiopia, I wouldn't expect the government or federation to choose me to do that."

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Source : Source: www.sbnation.com

Feyisa Lilesa

#Running Quotes #Government Quotes #Choose Me Quotes

“Forethought spares afterthought.”
“Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology.”

Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers
“These days vampires gravitated toward particle accelerators, projects to decode the genome, and molecular biology. Once they had flocked to alchemy, anatomy, and electricity. If it went bang, involved blood, or promised to unlock the secrets of the universe, there was sure to be a vampire around.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2014). “All Souls Trilogy”, p.26, Penguin
“One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.”
“Bright was the summer of 1296. The war which had desolated Scotland was then at an end.”

Source : Jane Porter (1854). “The Scottish Chiefs, etc”, p.1
“If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, which our present system induces, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness, for self-direction, and for self-initiated learning.”
“Democracy is disruptive. Around the world, peaceful protesters are being demonised for this, but there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption. Protesters ideally should read Gandhi and King and dedicate themselves to disciplined, long-term, non-violent disruption of business as usual - especially disruption of traffic.”
“You should see some of the things people tweet me. There have been death wishes on my Twitter timeline.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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