"I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career."

-- Sergei Bubka

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“I study a lot of the greats; I study the current people out now and what people are listening to now. I don't shun anything away; I just check it all out and make my own judgment.”

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“Places matter. Their rules, their scale, their design include or exclude civil society, pedestrianism, equality, diversity (economic and otherwise), understanding of where water comes from and garbage goes, consumption or conservation. They map our lives.”
“We have to start with the little babies who are born now, socialize them in freedom and critical thinking. We don't have to throw away their faith. People confuse the two, thinking if you are enlightened that means apostasy. It doesn't.”
“He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.”
“They were partners. She would always make impulsive decisions and he would make slow, reasoned ones. He would always be a little terrified that she would look at him with the scorn he saw in his mother's eyes. And she would always be a little terrified that he would look at her and not love her enough. In short, they were made for each other.”
“As many peoÂple have pointed out, the scene in â€˜Kung Fu HusÂtleâ€™ where the LandÂlady was chasÂing after me resemÂbled the RoadÂrunÂner, â€¦ I loved to watch carÂtoons and read comic books when I was small. In fact, I still watch and read a lot of them now. They give me greatÂ ideas.”
“Outward beauty is a true sign of inner goodness. This loveliness, indeed, is impressed upon the body in varying degrees as a token by which the soul can be recognized for what it is, just as with trees the beauty of the blossom testifies to the goodness of the fruit.”
“It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House. Obama sometimes seems to be running the Brookings Institution, not the country.”

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