"The Olympic Games are not just ordinary world championships but a quadrennial festival of universal youth. . . celebrated by each succeeding generation as it arrives on the threshold of adulthood."

-- Pierre de Coubertin

#Games Quotes #Generations Quotes #World Quotes

“The best way to explain it is that I'm not yearning anymore, on or off the course. I appreciate what I have. I feel like I'm blessed.”
“Interestingly, my first director's cut was an hour and forty-one minutes. Then, the studio actually wanted to add more to the story, so we went all the way up to an hour and forty-seven minutes. After that, I made some additional cuts and now we are where we are.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“If you are aware of your weaknesses and are constantly learning, your potential is virtually limitless.”
“That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.”
“The Reformed tradition at the beginning of the twenty-first century is different as a consequence of this - and different in nontrivial ways. Some may scoff at this, saying that such "developments" don't represent Reformed thought. But by what standard? Perhaps by the Westminster Confession. But this is only one Reformed confession, and it was only ever a subordinate standard.”
“The Bible is a revelation of the mind and will of God to men. Therein we may learn, what God is.”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc
“The world is continuous, but the mind is discrete.”
“If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.”

Source : "Comedian Hal Sparks on love and pot" by Jarrett Bellini, www.cnn.com. June 10, 2011.

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