"I think the sport of cycling is different then racing. The sport is just about being healthy and giving yourself an outlet so it's a easy sport to do and I think there are more and more women cycling everyday."

“Would you take a billion dollars, if as part of the deal the Earth were made uninhabitable a year after your death? ... well, of course not; you care about your friends, above all your children, any grandchildren. But ... what if the deal calls for the planet to be poisoned a thousand years later? We feel strong obligations to generations in the near future - should we not feel the same way about our children's great-grandchildren and generations beyond them?”

“It got a little boring I guess, playing the same note over and over.”

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

“The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.”

“The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.”

“In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.”

Source : Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.224, Basic Books

“Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.”

“The truth is, just to hear other people speaking Italian is really worth it. It keeps the sound in your ear.”

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“It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle”