"I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games."

-- Marion Jones

#Games Quotes #Olympics Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“When civic leaders are in love with their cities they are listened to; they are credible.”
“I like everything European. Even my GPS has a British accent - it's way less annoying than the American one.”
“It's an important thing to remember where you came from.”
“Real elegance is simply a true encounter with oneself.”
“Men don't want another man to look at their woman because they don't know how to handle it”
“Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.”
“One of the the things she most liked about the city -apart from all its obvious attractions, the theatre, the galleries, the exhilarating walks by the river- was that so few people ever asked you personal questions.”
“If you look at Washington, you see permanently camped on the banks of the Potomac spread around in concentric circles an army representing thousands of selfish interests. The sole purpose of their presence is to plunder, by hook or crook, the public treasury for the benefit of their particular people or corporations.”

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