"I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win."

-- Mark Spitz

#Inspirational Quotes #Sports Quotes #Running Quotes

“I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.”
“The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and social mobility are all threatened.”
“I know that God is using me in ways beyond my comprehension.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.”
“It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand.”
“No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.”

Source : Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon
“We had played a kid's version of gang fighting called "Civil War," and then later we had got in on the real thing, we fought with chains and we fought barefisted and we fought Socs and we fought other grease gangs. It was a normal childhood.”
“This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the trauma of our world. So donâ€™t be afraid of the anguish you feel, or the anger or fear, because these responses arise from the depth of your caring and the truth of your interconnectedness with all beings.”

Source : Joanna Macy, Norbert Gahbler (2006). “Pass it On: Five Stories That Can Change the World”, p.105, Parallax Press

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