"Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere"

-- Paula Radcliffe

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“I haven't turned into some rich monster. I've kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It's hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money.”
“I was lucky enough to grow up in a home where I woke up Christmas morning and had toys. I know that's not the case with all people and I don't think kids should go without experiencing that sort of joy.”
“There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer's time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are momentsâ€”moments of sustained creationâ€”when his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer's time isn't worth the paper he is not writing anything on.”
“Everybody is playing games. There are games now for pretty much every age, every demographic.”
“Fifteen years ago, while I was temporarily chairing meetings of pro-life leaders, I pleaded with the angry males to say no to interviews, and instead let beautiful pro-life women become the face for the movement.”
“I'm old-fashioned enough to really still believe that the poem is an object to be memorized, venerated... I still believe in that kind of poem. A lot of poets today don't, they want to get away from the poem as object. They want something looser. Unfortunately, a lot of it is boring to me.”

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“I bet she woke up with her hair looking like something out of a Pantene commercial while little bluebirds circled around her head, and raccoons brought her breakfast or something.”
“Never forget that it is the spirit with which you endow your work that makes it useful or futile.”

Source : Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1919). “The Compensations of Librarianship”

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