"Something I still work on today is ankle flexionâ€”ankle pressure in your boots. There is no way to turn or have your skis carve unless youâ€™re going down the hill leaning forward, and that puts you in a good athletic position to do whatever you want to do on your skisâ€”make quick turns, make long turns, or absorb bumps."

-- Ted Ligety

#Long Quotes #Athletic Quotes #Ankles Quotes

“Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that”
“The most constructive solutions are those which take into consideration the views of all persons involved and are acceptable to all. Such outcomes are the result of negotiation strategies where the needs of both sides are considered important and an attempt is made to meet all needs. These solutions are appropriately called Win-Win because there are no losers. While often difficult to arrive at, the process leading to such solutions builds interpersonal relationships, increases motivation and improves commitment. Win-Win solutions are the most desirable outcomes of conflict resolution.”
“Detailed analytical indexing is generally the hallmark of good back-of-the-book indexes.”
“Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.”

Source : Lajos Kossuth (1852). “Kossuth in New England: A Full Account of the Hungarian Governor's Visit to Massachusetts ; with Speeches, and the Addresses that Were Made to Him ...”, p.31
“The worldâ€™s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we canâ€™t.”
“Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.”
“If the assertion that there is a god is nonsensical, then the atheist's assertion that there is no god is equally nonsensical, since it is only a significant proposition that can be significantly contradicted.”
“There's a Spanish proverb," he said, "that's always fascinated me. "Take what you want and pay for it, says God.'" "I don't believe in God," Daniel said, "but that principle seems, to me, to have a divinity of its own; a kind of blazing purity. What could be simpler, or more crucial? You can have anything you want, as long as you accept that there is a price and that you will have to pay it.”

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