"The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance."

-- Robert A. Heinlein

#Athlete Quotes #People Quotes #United States Quotes

“Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.”

Source : "Underdog Boxing: Pumped up for the Pacquiao-Mosley undercard fights" by Carlo L.Pamintuan, www.gmanetwork.com. February 10, 2011.
“The 21st century will be the Asian century. This also means that Asians will be expected to provide greater leadership to solve global challenges, including environmental challenges. Hence, this multi-disciplinary programme from NUS could not be more timely. It meets a pressing need to educate, train and empower leading players in the public, private and civil society sectors in Singapore, Asia and the world.”
“Dancers can get to see almost everything now. When I used to go into companies to make a piece, the dancers had hardly ever seen my work. Now they can watch it on YouTube. It means they're much faster at picking up material.”

Source : "Wayne McGregor: Zen and the art of dance". Interview with Judith Mackrell, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2009.
“Love is the very essence of the gospel.”
“I'm enjoying dating. I'm single, though, I'm not in a relationship.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Whatever (its) virtues, (the) writing explores the culture of work but marginalizes work itself.”
“Nature, and the natural human condition, generates tremendous suffering. We have the means to overcome that, and we should deploy it.”
“My heart goes out to the grieving parents who lost their two-year-old or their newborn.”

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