"One day or another every athlete feels like taking it easy. He stops trying to exceed his limits, and thinks he can keep winning because of his lucky star, or the bad luck of his opponents. You must overcome this negative instinct, which affects all of us, and which is the only difference between the person who wins a race, and those who lose. This is the battle you have to fight every day of your life."

-- Jesse Owens

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“With support from institutions like the United Nations as well as the donor community, governments can strengthen their national technological and scientific capacities by devising policies to link up to research networks, encourage technology transfer, and build indigenous capabilities through education and collaborative projects.”

Source : Speech at the Eighth Session of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Palais de Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, May 23, 2005.
“Power is a big thing in baseball. It can't be cheapened. That is, a fellow has it or hasn't. It isn't a fluke or great accomplishment, like a perfect game. When Mantle connects, it's a tape-measure job. Nobody who ever lived has more power than Mantle.”
“The world is on fire! Why am I sitting in front of my computer? It is because I donâ€™t have a fire extinguisher for the world, and there isnâ€™t a global 911 to call.”
“I really love Norah Jones.”
“I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff.”
“Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.”

Source : Og Mandino (1982). “Og Mandino's University of Success”
“Corporations are the only reason the tax code is so complicated in the first place. Those off-shore loopholes didn't get carved out by poor people.”
“Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.”

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