"I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'"

-- Haile Gebrselassie

#Running Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Priorities Quotes

“Outsiders have the intuitive ability to continually view problems in fresh ways and to identify ineffective practices and traditions.”
“We were the most conservative revolutionaries in history.”
“Don't take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give ~ with a few exceptions ~ generalize whatever they did. Don't over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.”
“Every night I try to look at the audience and treat every audience differently. It's almost like it's a single entity or a person. I always try to treat it like a conversation and allow it to happen naturally in the same way that you would engage in conversation.”
“The problem, of course, lies with the realities concealed from us. This has always been the case. While the American public has slowly grappled with ongoing injustices visible within our own borders, it has long failed to discover and correct our government's abuses abroad. In the end, however, this is our government, and torture is being utilized in our names and supported by our tax dollars. We are responsible.”
“There is something permanent, and something extremely profound, in owning a home.”
“Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance.”

Source : Sang-Jin Han, Kim Dae-Jung, Richard Von Weizsaecker (2015). “Divided Nations and Transitional Justice: What Germany, Japan and South Korea Can Teach the World”, p.60, Routledge
“We made, actually, history, because it was the first time ever that doctors could prove that a lifelong Republican has a heart.”

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