"Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that."

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Source : "Gail Devers: 'A girl asked what was wrong with me. She said I looked like a monster'". Interview with Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2007.

Gail Devers

#Believe Quotes #Three Quotes #Gone Quotes

“We're trying to impress ourselves in a way. That's why we keep trying to do things better... we never get satisfied.”
“Those who dismiss rappers as vulgar outsiders miss the way that Jay-Z and Kanye embody the American dream: starting from humble beginnings, both rose by dint of hard work and talent to wealth and success. Jay embraces this role, styling himself as much a CEO as an artist, and he and BeyoncÃ© have become, in a significant way, more fully America's first couple than their friends the Obamas.”
“Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen.”
“Boredom is only for boring people with no imagination.”

Source : Tim Tharp (2008). “The Spectacular Now”, p.86, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Character is formed, not by laws, commands, and decrees, but by quiet influence, unconscious suggestion and personal guidance.”
“You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge, and your paintings will have more drama and will evoke strong reactions.”
“Whatever I was writing at the time, I knew there was no market for it and never would be, because thereâ€™s never a market for true art, so my main concern was always to have a job that didnâ€™t require me to write or think.”

Source : "Purity of Essence: One Question for Nell Zink". Interview with Matthew Jakubowski, www.theparisreview.org. December 8, 2014.
“It is in the name of Moses that Bellarmin thunderstrikes Galileo; and this great vulgarizer of the great seeker Copernicus, Galileo, the old man of truth, the magian of the heavens, was reduced to repeating on his knees word for word after the inquisitor this formula of shame: "Corde sincera et fide non ficta abjuro maledico et detestor supradictos errores et hereses." Falsehood put an ass's hood on science.”

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