"I was lucky enough that my parents knew about World Cup skiing, so since I was really little, we were watching World Cup winning runs."

-- Mikaela Shiffrin

#Running Quotes #Winning Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Always take a good look at what you're about to eat. It's not so important to know what it is, but it's critical to know what it was”

Source : Texas Bix Bender (2000). “Don't Squat With Yer Spurs On!”, p.95, Gibbs Smith
“Our laws governing lobbying and campaign contributions have struck the right balance between the wishes of the people and those of private industry, so why are we so quick to doubt that the same great results can be achieved by putting the government's justice-dealing branch on the same market-based course?”
“When I'm gone, you'll be sitting in a cafe and say, "Do you remember Agnes?"”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.”
“Most of us live in the past, carrying our hurts, guilts and fears. We have to face the pain we carry, lest we spend the rest of our lives running away from it or letting it run us. But the only place you'll ever meet the real is now-here.”
“The only positive benefit of the injury to Flintoff may be the end of his captaincy ambitions”
“My uncle always said, â€˜Hurry slowly.â€™ I guess [it means] have the intensity of love but donâ€™t rush into it. Have the full feeling but take it slow. Ease into it.”
“I came to Moscow when I was 5 years old from Baku. To walk all night in Moscow will bring back my youth to me.”

Source : "16 Years of Exile Ending for Rostropovich" by Barbara Gamarekian, www.nytimes.com. January 27, 1990.

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