"And I guess the thing that I really sort of rely on in me is that I love racing and I love competing and so I know that you know when the time comes and the pressure's on and I have to swim well, I'm sort of able to pull it out and sort of get the best out of myself."

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

Stephanie Rice

#Swim Quotes #Racing Quotes #Able Quotes

“Ten years have passed since a perfect blue sky morning turned into the blackest of nights. Since then we've lived in sunshine and in shadow, and although we can never unsee what happened here, we can also see that children who lost their parents have grown into young adults, grandchildren have been born and good works and public service have taken root to honor those we loved and lost.”
“The [Booker] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the darling of the new emerging Indian middle class â€“ they needed a princess. They had the wrong woman. I had this light shining on me at the time, and I knew that I had the stage to say something about what was happening in my country. What is exciting about what I have done since is that writing has become a weapon, some kind of ammunition.”
“I have a pretty good record of winning in court.”
“There are several things iconic about Sissy Hickey character - even just sounds. Like, "Awww." People love that sound! "Awww." I actually didn't want to do the role, because I didn't think I looked like a smoker - even though I used to be a smoker.”
“Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path.”
“Why should we not expect self-designated environmental leaders to practice what they preach?”
“I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the beauty it brings about. For without pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sadness, there can be no happiness. Without misery there can be no beauty. And without these, life is endless, hopeless, doomed and damned. Adult. You have become adult.”

Source : Harlan Ellison (2014). “Paingod: And Other Delusions”, p.36, Open Road Media
“The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.”

Source : Hans Selye (1979). “The Stress of My Life: A Scientist's Memoirs”, New York ; Toronto ; Van Nostrand Reinhold

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