"I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself."

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Source : Jesse Owens, Paul G. Neimark (1978). “Jesse, a spiritual autobiography”

Jesse Owens

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“The critical principle of feminist theology is the promotion of the full humanity of women. Whatever denies, diminishes, or distorts the full humanity of women is, therefore, appraised as not redemptive.”
“I'm insecure about everything, because... I'm never going to look in the mirror and see this blond, blue-eyed girl. That is my idea of what I'd like to look like.”
“My goal in life has been to be a songsmith, not a pop person.”
“He has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch.”
“If it looks like a Dwarf, and it smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf or a latrine wearing dungerees.”
“When all of your friends are getting pregnant, you start thinking about it. But for Amy and I, show business is our baby.”

Source : "Will Arnett: 20(ish) Questions". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. April 1, 2007.
“I'd feel better about myself if I did stomach crunches, but I don't.”
“With various readings stored his empty skull, Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.”

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