"I have been here before in my head. To everyone else, it is my first Olympics. To me, it's my thousandth."

-- Mikaela Shiffrin

#Olympics Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing to behold.”
“Writing calls on unused muscles and involves solitude and immobility.”

Source : Dorothea Brande (2016). “Becoming a Writer”, p.30, Lulu.com
“I love seeing people get excited.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The more I see of life in these 'undeveloped countries' and of the methods adopted to 'improve' them, the more depressed I become. It seems criminal that the backwardness of a country like Afghanistan should be used as an excuse for America and Russia to have a tug-of-war for possession.”

Source : Dervla Murphy (1987). “Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle”, p.53, The Overlook Press
“i cannot be called upon to know a negative or to prove a negative. if there is a god and you prove it, that's fine. but you don't tell me you can't know that there isn't. i would say yes i know there isn't because i have been given no evidence.”
“The creation story unfurling within the scientific enterprise provides the fundamental context, the fundamental arena of meaning, for all the peoples of the Earth. For the first time in human history, we can agree on the basic story of the galaxies, the stars, the planets, minerals, life forms, and human cultures. This story does not diminish the spiritual traditions of the classical or tribal periods of human history. Rather, the story provides the proper setting for the teachings of all traditions, showing the true magnitude of their central truths.”
“The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.”
“I'm a big romantic, so I love guys who are romantic too.”

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