"But I'm after medals more than anything. Championships don't get taken away from you but records do, so I think I'd rather have medals at every championships rather than times. A world record would be a bonus, but I'm still only 25 in 17 days."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Sally Pearson

#Taken Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Records Quotes

“I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.”
“I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.”
“My good films were independent and my bad films were not.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. May 25, 2004.
“A laugh can be a very powerful thing.Â Why, sometimes in life, itâ€™s the only weapon we have.”

Source : "Fictional character: Roger Rabbit". "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", www.imdb.com. 1988.
“There is no room for God in him who is full of himself.”
“As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.”

Source : Alexander Alekhine, Garry Kasparov (2011). “Alexander Alekhine's Best Games: Algebraic edition”, Pavilion Books
“Go to lots of interviews, at least one a month even when you don't need a job, to keep in training for when you do.”

Source : Jilly Cooper (2012). “How To Survive From Nine To Five”, p.14, Random House
“I, a pilgrim of eternity, stand before Thee, O eternal One. Let me not seek to deaden or destroy the desire for Thee that disturbs my heart. Let me rather yield myself to its constraint and go where it leads me. Make me wise to see all things today under the form of eternity, and make me brave to face all the changes in my life which such a vision may entail: through the grace of Christ my Saviour. Amen”

Source : John Baillie (1952). “A diary of private prayer”, Scribner

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