"With the broad and powerful swing of the hand which Zola in The Earth gave to his ploughman, L'Auto, journal of ideas and action, is going to fling across France today those reckless and uncouth sowers of energy who are the great professional riders of the world... From Paris to the blue waves of the Mediterranean, from Marseille to Bordeaux, passing along the roseate and dreaming roads sleeping under the sun, across the calm of the fields of the VendÃ©e, following the Loire, which flows on still and silent, our men are going to race madly, unflaggingly."

-- Henri Desgrange

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“I think romance is a tool, comedy is a tool and drama is a tool. I really just want to tell stories that challenge the viewer, move people, make you laugh, perhaps push an idea about being open-minded but never settle on a genre or an opinion. I hate genre. I like movies that are original in their approach.”
“When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it.”

Source : "George Steinbrenner: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. July 13, 2010.
“We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a business." Most businesses... Like most of anything else in life... Fall somewhere between mediocre and good.”
“It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.”
“Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done”

Source : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Hyman George Rickover (1982). “Economics of Defense Policy: Adm. H.G. Rickover : Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session”
“Cancer is a disease where the patient can contribute a great deal of help himself if he or she can retain their morale and their hopes.”
“When I was 15, what I wanted in a boyfriend was just that confidence and swagger. I wanted someone who knew what he was doing, because I was just faking it. What I want for my daughter is the exact opposite.”
“Some makeup you put on and feel like youre getting pimples by the hour.”

Source : "Model Behavior / Vendela makes room in her life for charity, upcoming marriage and a 'Batman' movie" by Trish Donnally, www.sfgate.com. June 6, 1996.

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