"I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal."

-- Paula Radcliffe

#Would Be Quotes #Bronze Quotes #Medal Quotes

“Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to get to the best possible cut.”
“In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing!”
“I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don't see any American dream--I see an American nightmare.”
“I'm very unpredictable. Very, very impulsive. Extremely. Absolutely! Sometimes I don't know what I want to do from one day to the next. I can't enjoy anything premeditated; I just do it as I feel it. But whatever I do is motivated by honesty.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come in and hopefully have something, then I wrestle with sounds and picture all day long. But the ideas usually come from a more obscure place, like a conversation with a director, a still somebody shows you, or whatever.”
“On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day.”
“I summon to the winding ancient stair; Set all your mind upon the steep ascent”
“That's why successful people in every field are almost universally members of a certain set - the set of people who don't give up.”

Source : Leonard Mlodinow (2008). “The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives”, p.14, Vintage

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