"It was like when we went to Mexico City [Olympics in 1968] it was sun and shining and bright. When we came home it was chaotic and storms everywhere. I think the most devastating thing was to make the adjustment as to why so many individuals that you grew up with in the sport thought it necessary to turn their backs and walk away from you."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

John Carlos

#Sports Quotes #Home Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“To my parents and all the people who reassured me that leaving high school and going into the draft was the right thing to do, I am forever thankful.”
“Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.”

Source : Ann Landers (1981). “Ann Lander's Encyclopedia, A to Z: Improve Your Life Emotionally, Medically, Sexually, Socially, Spiritually”, Ballantine Books
“And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the People, then I shall send my voice beyond the walls of this Capitol for redress.”
“The Lord speaks to us through the Scriptures and in our prayer. Let us learn to keep silence before him, as we meditate upon the Gospel.”
“A community is a group of people who have come together, and they work and they live to try and improve the standard of living and quality of life - and I don't mean money.”
“I think the job of the artist is to remind people of what they have chosen to forget.”
“Whatever may be the temporary applause of men, or the expressions of public opinion, it may be asserted without fear of contradiction, that no true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.”

Source : Charles Sumner (1850). “Orations and Speeches [1845-1850]”, p.332
“Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 20, 2014

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