"I give 'em the hip, then I take it away."

-- Jim Thorpe

#Motivational Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Giving Quotes

“It is very important to have a correct socio-economic development forecast and plan, in which inflation being a vital investment factor should be the key indicator”
“Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.”
“Good teams beat you with speed. Great teams beat you with spacing and timing.”
“At last I understood that the way over, or through this dilemma, the unease at writing about 'petty personal problems' was to recognize that nothing is personal, in the sense that it is uniquely one's own. Writing about oneself, one is writing about others, since your problems, pains, pleasures, emotionsâ€”and your extraordinary and remarkable ideasâ€”can't be yours alone. [...] Growing up is after all only the understanding that one's unique and incredible experience is what everyone shares.”
“How come foreign accents are so sexy? If I say, 'I'm going to the store,' it sounds boring, benign and rudimentary. But if it's said with an accent, it sounds fundamentally cool.”
“But he has gone, A nation's memory and veneration, Among the radiant, ever venturing on, Somewhere, with morning, as such spirits will.”
“If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.”
“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.”

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