"I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me."

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Source : Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

Wilma Rudolph

#Running Quotes #Air Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“It isnâ€™t what you say that counts, itâ€™s what you donâ€™t say”
“I want to be made better personally. That is the gig.”
“All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.”
“Whether hunting is right or wrong, a spiritual experience, or an outlet for the killer instinct, one thing it is not is a sport. Sport is when individuals or teams compete against each other under equal circumstances to determine who is better at a given game or endeavor. Hunting will be a sport when deer, elk, bears, and ducks are... given 12-gauge shotguns. Bet we'd see a lot fewer drunk yahoos (live ones, anyway) in the woods if that happened.”
“I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people.”

Source : Jean Giono, John Cumming (2001). “An Italian Journey”, p.30, Northwestern University Press
“You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.”
“I have committed myself to joy. I have come to realize that those who make space for joy, those who prefer nothing to joy, those who desire the utter reality, will most assuredly have it. We must not be afraid to announce it to refugees, slum dwellers, saddened prisoners, angry prophets. Now and then we must even announce it to ourselves. In this prison of now, in this cynical and sophisticated age, someone must believe in joy.”
“If you're involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it's bondage. It is personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement.”

Source : "Bachmann says ‘I don’t judge’ gays". Interview, www.nbcnews.com. August 14, 2011.

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