"The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians."

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Source : "The Movement To Boycott The Berlin Olympics Of 1936", www.ushmm.org.

Avery Brundage

#Athlete Quotes #Games Quotes #Politician Quotes

“Extremism means borders beyond which life ends, and a passion for extremism, in art and in politics, is a veiled longing for death.”
“I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are.”
“We have developed a culture in which we eat with our taste buds, not our brains.”

Source : "90-Year-Old Billionaire David Murdock Doles Out Advice On Longevity". Interview with Sherri Snelling, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 11, 2013.
“The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody”
“Being alive is about playing to win. Being brain dead is when you play not to loose.”
“My Dear Reader Chum, a very hearty hello to you. What an honour and privilege it is to have you perusing my written word.”
“I am an aggressive style boxer and I will be in there to mix it up, but it's going to be in a smart way.”
“The jealous and intolerant eye of the Kremlin can distinguish, in the end, only vassals and enemies, and the neighbors of Russia, if they do not wish to be one, must reconcile themselves to being the other.”

Source : George F. Kennan (2014). “The Kennan Diaries”, p.214, W. W. Norton & Company

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