"I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention."

-- Sade Adu

#Attention Quotes #Fame Quotes #Uneasy Quotes

“So far the biggest accomplishment I give myself is getting the silver in the Olympic Trials. Even though it's kind of a defeat. Not too many people make it that far. I do see it as an accomplishment and one of my greatest.”

Source : Source: www.boxinginsider.com
“In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.”
“There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because the book is not there and worth being written -- it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself.”
“The journey of the flame is what brings the Games closer to society and allows society to take part in the Games.”
“I had never really written songs for anyone before. With [Broken] Social Scene, you're writing songs for others and your passing them around and exchanging things, but for a man who has the history that Andy Kim had, and has lived the life that he's had, you see such a youthful aspect of how he just wanted to create something again.”

Source : "'Songs I Can Sing Ya': An Interview with Andy Kim and Kevin Drew". Interview With Evan Sawdey, www.popmatters.com. February 24, 2015.
“Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.”
“It is not enough to show people how to live better; there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.”
“What I try to do in my picture books is to be all-inclusive, but not exclusive, to not exclude the kid and not exclude the parents from the experience. And it's not a very easy task; you can't find stories that work that way too much of the time.”

Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. November 18, 2009.

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