"It's cool when people ask me about my gold medal and they say it will last forever. I will try to promote skiing and show everyone it's not just about competition. It's about having fun with your friends in the snow. I want to bring people with less opportunities to the snow, try to use my gold medal to support programs to bring more people to the snow."

-- Julia Mancuso

#Fun Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #People Quotes

“As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill.”

Source : "How Food Politics Can Affect Your Election Choices" by Marcus Samuelsson, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 22, 2011.
“People ask me why I work so hard and why I have this compassion to reach the top and be great. I respond by telling them, "I work insanely hard because people said I couldn't do it." When someone tells me I can't do something, or that I'll never achieve my goals and visions, I am determined to prove them wrong.”
“If you can't control what you think, you will not be able to control what you do.”
“I don't think you understand what levels or what fears until you have a child of your own. I mean, I've never loved someone so much and I've never been so afraid in my life. And the truth is I would kill someone, whoever tried to hurt him. I would. I have no doubt about it.”
“Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.”

Source : "Karel Čapek: Life and Work". Book by Ivan Klima, 2002.
“Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve.”
“One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together.”
“Lord, I do not ask that Thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.”

Source : Kate Douglas Wiggin (2016). “PENELOPE’S PROGRESS – The Complete Series: Penelope's English Experiences, Penelope's Experiences in Scotland, Penelope's Irish Experiences & Penelope's Postscripts: Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton”, p.185, e-artnow

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