"Education is fantastic. In my case I had to split my university course so it took a few more years. I really want to excel at everything I do, so I sat down and spoke with both my swimming coach and my tutor and we worked out a good plan to get the best out of both my swimming and my education."

-- Liam Tancock

#Swimming Quotes #Years Quotes #Splits Quotes

“What quantum physics teaches us is that everything we thought was physical is not physical.”
“Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.”

Source : Imre Lakatos, John Worrall, Gregory Currie (1980). “The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Volume 1: Philosophical Papers”, p.49, Cambridge University Press
“I do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became matter for my sake and deigned to inhabit matter, who worked out my salvation through matter. I will not cease from honoring that matter which works for my salvation. I venerate it, though not as God.”
“Two factors thus emerge as requisites of success in the field of creative photography. First, the subject must be photogenic. Second, its re-creation in a photograph must be based upon technical knowledge, guided and supported by artsitic inspiration.”

Source : Andreas Feininger (1953). “Feininger on Photography”
“I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves.”
“I'm a thirty-something gay man with a dodgy heart. I sell books for a living. Who wants to read about that?”
“A sacred burden is this life ye bear, Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly, Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly; Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin, But onward, upward, till the goal ye win.”
“Whenever I don’t know whether to fight or not, I fight.”

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