"The water here in Cardiff is much easier than in London, so for us it is more relaxing paddling here. This race is for us a continuation of our training, we will compete in only this World cup. We don't want to travel too much before the Olympic Games and we want to focus on the Games."

“We may not be God, but we are of God, even as a little drop of water is of the ocean.”

“Memories seem to surface in no particular order, with no time attached. Yesterday can seem as distant as last year. My life now consists of fragments where some are so blinding in their intensity that they make everything else indistinguishable. It feels as if my existence was extinguished in a flash, and afterwards my universe became incomprehensible. I want to remember everything. But perhaps I need to give it more time. Allow myself some rest. Distance myself a little, to see if I can make out a pattern. And face the truth about what is really there.”

“Ideology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence.”

Source : Louis Althusser (2008). “On Ideology”, Verso Books

“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.”

“I am a weapon of massive consumption”

“The influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we're not singling Americans out - that we are creating opportunities for all Americans. Not saying, 'I'm going to funnel money into your city so that you're completely dependent on government.”

“At my first Masters, I got the feeling, that if I didn't play well, I wouldn't go to heaven.”

“When you are young, work to learn, not to earn.”

Source : FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Jan 24, 2012