"We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless."

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Source : "Olympics: Now make a level playing field for women" by Jackie Joyner-Kersee, www.cnn.com. August 14, 2012.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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“Through service to others, we develop a Christlike love and we experience joy. Service teaches patience and long-suffering as well as gentleness, goodness, and faith.”
“We eat, therefore we hunt.”
“You learn a lot about acting and being physical and being on stage, but there is technical stuff on camera that you can't learn until you do it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I'm very out of style... or I should say I have my own style.”
“The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.”
“I never talk about filming until I'm actually on the set and I've got the job, because otherwise - "Oh yeah, I'm going to be so busy," and then you're going to see me in McDonald's in two months.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I don't like reading things that people say on the Internet because I know so much of it is not true. I don't want to waste my time worrying about what other people are thinking. I just want to focus on being able to do cool projects.”

Source : "Lily Collins Feels The 'Momentum' Going Into 2011". Interview with Eric Ditzian, www.mtv.com. January 10, 2011.
“So it is that we can seldom help anybody. Either we don't know what part to give or maybe we don't like to give any part of ourselves. Then, more often than not, the part that is needed is not wanted. And even more often, we do not have the part that is needed.”

Source : Norman Maclean (2009). “A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition”, p.81, University of Chicago Press

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